The officer, who was seated in a police cruiser, saw McDade running toward the side of his police vehicle and believed the teen had a weapon. The second officer said he was running after McDade and opened fire when he heard and saw gunfire coming from the direction of the teenager.
Slaughter filed a lawsuit over the shooting and recently settled with the city for $850,000.
The Office of Independent Review Group previously examined the fatal shooting by Pasadena police of Leroy Barnes Jr. in 2009. The consulting group found that the officers involved in Barnes’ shooting put themselves in a tactically questionable and precarious situation that might have heightened their fear. The consultants recommended more than a dozen reforms, including improvements to how the department investigates police shootings and how the agency tracks officers who are in multiple incidents.
The city adopted nearly all of the recommendations.
The Office of Independent Review Group’s report on the Barnes shooting was previously made public, as were the consulting group’s reports for other law enforcement agencies, such as Fullerton police and the L.A. County Sheriff’s Department.
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