Fatal shooting of boy with replica assault rifle spurs protest march
Barricades in Santa Rosa have been set up to prepare for a march protesting the fatal shooting of a 13-year-old boy wielding a pellet gun that looked like an assault rifle.
Andy Lopez was shot seven times last week by a sheriff’s deputy who mistook his pellet gun for an authentic assault rifle. Law enforcement authorities said deputies had responded to a report of a “suspicious person” in a southwest Santa Rosa neighborhood.
“The deputy’s mind-set was that he was fearful that he was going to be shot,” Santa Rosa Police Lt. Paul Henry said.
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The march, according to The Press Democrat, was planned to go from downtown Santa Rosa to the Sonoma County Sheriff’s Office and end by 5 p.m. Organizers expected as many as 1,500 people to participate.
More than 1,000 people attended a service for the boy Sunday.
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