ECPD release officer-involved shooting video
Adrik Vargas
Underage person from Brawley was shot and killed.
EL CENTRO, Calif. (KYMA) – The El Centro Police Department (ECPD) has released bodycam footage of an officer-involved shooting where an underage person was shot and killed.
It happened on October 5 at around 6:30 p.m. Pacific after the El Centro Police Department (ECPD) received reports of a stolen vehicle.
Upon arrival, ECPD says they found the stolen vehicle in a parking lot behind a business located in the area of E. Main Street and S. Dogwood Road.
While officers tried to talk to the people inside the vehicle, ECPD says that’s when the officer-involved shooting happened.
ECPD says the driver was pronounced dead at the scene, and says the Imperial Valley District Attorney’s Office took over the investigation.
ECPD says the briefing “provides an overview of the facts known at this stage of the investigation and has been published in accordance with Assembly Bill 748.”
In the briefing, ECPD has identified the driver killed as an underage person from Brawley.
To watch the briefing, click here. Viewer discretion is advised.