California Attorney General Rob Bonta is investigating a fatal shooting by East Bay police who fired during what they called a “high risk” traffic stop involving a suspected carjacking.
The Attorney General’s Office announced the investigation Friday, a day after the incident that involved officers from the Newark and Fremont police departments and the Alameda County Major Crimes Task Force. Officials have not said which department was responsible for the fatal shot.
The officers stopped the car they suspected was carjacked Thursday afternoon south of Interstate 880 on the 39000 block of Cedar Boulevard, and police shot one suspect during the “high risk” traffic stop, a statement from Newark police said.
The suspect died of gunshot wounds at the scene. Paramedics took a second suspect to a hospital with non-life threatening injuries, police said. Police statements have not named the officers involved or said how the shooting unfolded and what led to the fatal discharge.
Police recovered a weapon at the shooting scene. No officers or bystanders were injured during the traffic stop, according to the Newark police statement.
The state Department of Justice said its investigation resulted from the AB1506 law, which requires such a probe when officers shoot civilians. Once state investigators complete their probe, the case will be turned over to a special prosecutions team within the DOJ’s criminal law division for an independent review, the Attorney General’s Office said in a statement.
The Alameda County district attorney also will investigate whether officers were justified in firing on the suspect, according to the Newark Police Department, which is conducting its own internal review into whether its officers correctly followed their training.
Meanwhile, detectives with the Newark Police Department will continue to investigate the carjacking case they were pursuing, the department said.
State Assembly Member Kevin McCarty, D-Sacramento, a key proponent of police use-of-force reforms, introduced AB1506 following the May 2020 Minneapolis police killing of George Floyd that unleashed a national outcry over racial bias in policing. The bill passed that year, effective in 2021, and has since prompted the state Attorney General’s Office to open more than a dozen investigations into fatal police encounters around the state.
California police officers have killed nearly 1,000 people in the past six years, according to a Chronicle review of state Department of Justice data. The killings reached a recent high in 2020, when on-duty police killed 172 people.
Police ask anyone with relevant information to contact Newark Sgt. Yama Homayoun at 510-578-4920 or the tip line at 510-578-4965.
Reach Nora Mishanec: nora.mishanec@sfchronicle.com
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