A witness's recollection about the night of Kendrec McDade's shooting death
casts doubt over Pasadena police officers'
account of the events.
20-year-old witness, Anthony Carroll, came forward Thursday to say he never
heard the officers identify themselves or order McDade to stop,
Pasadena Star News reports.
"I thought it was a drug
deal
gone bad, that's how quiet it was," Carroll said. "I didn't hear a siren until
the shooting happened."
As questions continue to rise about the fatal shooting of Kendrec McDade,
Pasadena Police Chief Phillip Sanchez has invited the FBI to investigate the
incident.
FBI spokeswoman Laura Eimiller said the agency often investigates incidents
where questions of civil rights violations are raised and that it has already
begun to do so for McDade's case,
CBS reports.
The controversial shooting is also under investigation by the LA County
District Attorney's office and the LA County Office of Independent Review
(OIR).
Sanchez met Thursday with officials of OIR, including Michael Gennaco and
City Manager Michael Beck. Gennaco
told NBC, “We’re going to do a top to bottom analysis of the
incident." He added, “It’s important for the public to eventually learn the
whole story.
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