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Witness recounts deadly Sacramento County deputy shooting
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Key Points:
- Sacramento County deputies fatally shot a 34-year-old man near Marconi and Eastern avenues after responding to reports of a man asleep in a car wash parking lot with a handgun in his lap.
- Deputies said the man had allegedly fired at a couple the previous night and failed to comply with commands to raise his hands and walk backward, reportedly turning toward officers while reaching down.
- A witness, Calais Johnson, who recorded the incident, claimed the man was not threatening officers and may have been adjusting his pants when he was shot.
- A loaded handgun was recovered at the scene, and the investigation will determine if the gun was on the man’s body at the time of the shooting.
- The three deputies involved have been placed on administrative leave, and the man, identified by the Sacramento Homeless Union as Ingold Guttenbeil, had a prior arrest at the same location for assault with a deadly weapon.
