After son is killed, mother questions police response in deadly Marina shooting
By Zoe Hunt
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MARINA, Calif. (KSBW) — A growing memorial is forming at the scene of Sunday’s deadly police shooting in Marina, where a mother says she wants answers and full transparency from law enforcement.
Valencia Richardson identified her son, Ronald Tinsley, as the man shot and killed by Marina police during a traffic stop near Marina Heights Drive just before 5 p.m.
“Today has been very overwhelming. I lost my firstborn son. I lost one of the legacies of my family,” Richardson said.
Police have released limited details about what led up to the shooting. Richardson said she arrived at the scene and repeatedly asked officers for information as she watched her son placed into an ambulance.
“I kept asking the police if my son was alive. Or was he dead, or what was going on with my son? I couldn’t get any information,” she said.
Richardson said she received confirmation that her son had died around 1 a.m., hours after police confirmed there had been a fatality.
“I just feel like they just stole moments from me yesterday. And they also stole my son. He didn’t deserve to be shot,” she said.
Richardson described Tinsley as a well-known member of the Seaside community and a local rapper
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