Alberto Nicholas Arenas, 29, a mentally ill man was shot and killed by Downey police in his backyard after a neighbor called police on him for lighting fireworks.
Downey police were called for a ‘disturbance’ on Stewart and Gray Road about 6:15 p.m. Saturday.
When officers arrived at the home, they engaged with Arenas and shot him after reportedly producing a ‘weapon’.
“He didn’t deserve to die,” said his sister, Samantha Arenas. “He wasn’t a bad person — he was trying to get his life together.”
A SWAT team with a negotiator responded to the call but the Arenas family said they had no idea why such a massive response was needed for a simple call.
Police said in a news release Sunday that they found an airsoft-style rifle at the scene. The statement said officers made “several attempts to gain control and deescalate the situation” when Arenas pointed the gun at them.
Despite this claim, the California Department of Justice is handling the investigation into the shooting. The Department of Justice typically investigates police shootings when the victim did not have a weapon.
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