New video from a witness to the violent police killing of a man in a Fontana parking lot on Tuesday shows the events that proceeded immediately before an officer fired off several shots.
The man, later identified as 44-year-old Fontana resident Jesus Garcia, was armed with a metal pole and entered an AutoZone store in the area of Cherry Avenue and Baseline Road around 2:20 p.m., where he smashed computers and registers, according to police.
A press release from the Fontana Police Department issued after the incident said the officer used lethal force after “ the suspect attacked the officer with the pipe ,” but previous videos only showed what happened following the shots were fired, which included three punches to Garcia’s head.
New video posted to X, formerly Twitter, by GrindFace TV showed the 48 seconds before an officer shot the man…