San Diego Police Release Deadly Shooting Video 5/29/2020

SAN DIEGO (CNS) – The San Diego Police Department Monday released video footage of the fatal shooting by three officers of a City Heights resident who allegedly pointed a pistol at them last spring after gunning down another man for unknown reasons. Ronnie Kong, 32, died at the scene of the May 29 police shooting in the 3800 block of Euclid Avenue. The events that led to the officers’ use of lethal force, images of which were captured by their uniform-worn video cameras, began about 3:30 p.m., when Kong allegedly left his apartment, climbed over a fence to an adjacent residential complex to the south and fatally shot 62-year-old Juan Gudino Lopez, then returned to his residence. After responding patrol personnel carried Lopez to a safe place, medics took him to a hospital, where he was pronounced dead. Other officers, meanwhile, surrounded Kong’s apartment “and began gathering resources to deal with a possibly barricaded murder suspect,” Lt. Matt Dobbs said. “As the incident developed, it became clear th