A police officer in California shot and killed a “disturbed” individual who had grabbed a fellow officer’s gun inside her patrol car, started chanting about Jesus, and ignored commands to drop the weapon.
On Wednesday, the Fountain Valley Police Department made public audio and video footage regarding the officer-involved shooting that happened a few months earlier, on January 24.
Lt. Mike Parsons reported that the situation arose at approximately 11 a.m. that day when a concerned community member contacted the police department’s Dispatch Center to report a “disturbed” man trying to open a car door that belonged to a woman.
The woman was attempting to drive away from a middle school in the area when the man, who “appeared to have something wrong with him,” began pulling on her car door’s handle, the caller said. The woman, who was not identified, allegedly looked afraid, which is what prompted the caller to contact dispatch.
The female officer was able to get away from McClintock, but not before he pointed the gun at her as she begged him not to shoot.
The male officer began running toward them once he heard the commotion. As the female officer took cover behind what appeared to be a USPS vehicle, the male officer demanded that McClintock put the gun down.
Osean McClintock, 26, could be seen in bodycam footage pointing the gun he took from an officer at her. (Fountain Valley Police Department)
He refused and got into the driver’s seat of the female officer’s patrol car, which led the male officer to fire multiple shots in his direction.
It’s unclear how many times McClintock was shot. First responders performed CPR and first aid services on him, but he was pronounced dead once paramedics arrived.
Fountain Valley Police Chief Rod Cox said the investigation into the shooting remains active and could take up to a year to conclude since it involved an officer.
Neither officer has been publicly identified.
