Munoz, 27, was mentally ill — diagnosed with bipolar disorder and schizophrenia — and hadn’t been taking his medications, his sister told Lancaster Online. Rulennis Munoz, 33, said she had called a crisis intervention organization and a police non-emergency number to get her brother involuntarily committed. The body camera video posted by police late Sunday showed the officer fire several shots while running away from Munoz, who then falls to the ground. Protesters gathered outside the police station and, in video posted to social media, they chanted, “Hands up, don’t shoot,” “No justice, no peace” and “What do we want? City officials called for calm and stronger social services to help avoid deadly confrontations with police.

Source: ABC News September 14, 2020 07:10 UTC