Caller lied about college student Kendrec McDade having gun
(NEWSER) - A Pasadena man has been charged with manslaughter after he made a 911 call in which he falsely claimed a gun-packing college student robbed him. The student, who turned out to be unarmed, was shot dead by a police officer responding to the call. The cop fired as Kendrec McDade, 19, made a motion toward his waistband—after Oscar Carrillo, 26, reported two armed men "put a gun in my face" when they stole his laptop computer, said cops. "Carrillo emphatically indicated a gun was involved. That is very important. It sets the platform for the mind-set of the responding officers," Pasadena Police Chief Phillip Sanchez said at a news conference yesterday. More»
