A California police officer shot and killed a man with a violent past Sunday who charged at him with a steel bar and called his squad “pigs.”
60-year-old Adam Barcenas barreling toward three officers conducting a 6 a.m. DUI stop in Oxnard, a city 60 miles northwest of Los Angeles.“I hate pig. Come on. I hate pig. I hate you. I hate you. I hate you.”
The officers ushered the citizen out of the way and repeatedly ordered the belligerent man to lay down the bar. Two officers pulled out tasers, while another — who Barcenas was apparently targeting — whipped out his gun.With a 5-foot steel bar raised, Adam Barcenas stormed the three cops while they were standing on the sidewalk.Barcenas was struck three times: in his right leg, right hip and left upper torso.The third officer did not deploy his weapon.Adam Barcenas was struck three times: in his right leg, right hip and left upper torso.
Two officers pulled out tasers, while another — who Barcenas was apparently targeting — whipped out his gun.Just a short time later, he approached an 80-year-old man who was walking with his wife and punched him in the face and walked away before returning to deliver a second blow.
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