Unarmed 73-year-old Latino with dementia fatally shot by US police
‘An unarmed 73-year-old Latino suffering from dementia has been fatally shot nine times by police in the US state of California.
According to witnesses, Francisco Serna, who was in the early stages of dementia, was unarmed and standing in a neighbor’s driveway when a police officer in Bakersfield, California, fired several rounds and killed him. He was declared dead at the scene.
The shooting took place after police allegedly received reports of an armed man on a late-night walk in the neighborhood.
Bakersfield police spokesman Sargent Gary Carruesco confirmed that no gun had been found in a search of the scene.’
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