Video shows moment sheriff’s deputies shot, injured La Puente man holding paint roller
LA TimesVideos released Tuesday show the moment Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputies shot and injured a La Puente man who was having a mental health crisis and holding a paint roller in his hand. An attorney for Orellana’s family said he was having a mental health episode and carrying a metal paint roller. Obayashi, who viewed the videos, said the shooting would “look much more unjustified to the public than other more violent confrontations where officers are attacked with objects that would be considered deadly weapons, like a knife or bat.” Orellana’s lawyer, Damon Alimouri, said the deputy shot Orellana for no reason. “The L.A. County sheriff’s deputies who were part of this used excessive force and ultimately without any justification shot at an unarmed man who at the end of the day had a sponge on a stick in his hand and was dealing with a mental health episode,” Alimouri told The Times.
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