Officers cleared in death of Mexican national
The district attorney Tuesday cleared two San Diego police officers of criminal liability in the fatal shooting of a 17-year-old Mexican national during a late-night traffic stop Feb. 10.
Dist. Atty. Bonnie Dumanis said that Officers Jack Pearson and Paul Galante were within their rights to use deadly force when it appeared to them that Noe Rojas-Godinez was trying to run them over.
The two said they believed Rojas-Godinez was reaching for a gun. The gun turned out to be a toy.
An autopsy showed Rojas-Godinez was drunk and had methamphetamine in his system, Dumanis said.
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