Manteca's officers kill man who was rammed in n-out in police cars

Officials from the Manteca police authority shot a man who was rammed in three police cars in the parking lot of an in-out burger on Wednesday in the parking lot of an in-out burger.

Around 5:05 p.m., the officials responded to the in-n-out burger in E. Yosemite Ave. When the officials arrived, they said the man who was identified as a 69-year-old Charles McGonegal, rammed into a police car.

After about 20 minutes in which he had tried to de -escalate the situation, the police said that McGonegal was rammed into at least two other police cars. The police said the officers had shot McGonegal as an answer.

It is unclear how many officers were involved in the shootout and whether civil servants gave McGoneGal commands before unloading their firearms. No officials were injured during the incident.

McGonegal was taken to a local hospital. The authorities said he died of his injuries on Thursday.

The police said that McGonegal was the only person in the van during the incident, and he had in several countries that died until 1972 in the history of criminal activities. McGonegal had a speech in Lathrop, but according to the police, his life situation was not fully known.

SGT. Steven Beerman, a spokesman for the Beamca police authority, was asked to answer to concerns from eyewitnesses at the crime scene, as civil servants shoot at least two dozen times.

“I think that's the easiest to answer. If someone attacks you, how many balls would you fire?” Beerman told KCRA-TV Sacramento. “Right. If someone tried to run you, would you one, two or fire until he stopped doing what he was doing?”

Beerman also noticed that there were lines of people in the scene who had watched and recorded the video when the van was seen how they rammed the police cars.

“This is the only thing that stopped. He rammed three separate patrol cars later and two later. If they hadn't done it and he could get through, all those who asked this question here and ran a few of them.

After the shootout, the police said that the district district of San Joaquin had been put into force a critical incident protocol. The protocol requires the public prosecutor of the San Joaquin district to carry out a thorough, impartial examination if a law enforcement officer is involved in an incident like a shootout that leads to serious injuries or the death of a civilian.

The California Department of Justice Crime Lab and Manteca's police officer also examine the civil servants' shootout.

Five officials were transferred to the administrative leave paid in accordance with the policy of the police authority, said Beerman.

(This story has been updated to record additional information.)

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