Police kill man in #Redding #California who shouted ‘Obama’ while shooting up apartment building #Snitchlady

The same day that President Obama announced executive actions on gun control, a man yelling, “Obama!” shot up an apartment building in Redding, California. Cell phone video shows police communicating with him, then opening fire when he raised his gun.

Redding police received a 911 call at 5:47pm Tuesday, reporting six to eight shots fired, according to the Shasta County Sheriff's Office, which is now investigating the incident. Officers arrived at 6:10 p.m., and after less lethal means failed, they shot and killed the suspect as he exited his apartment, pointing his gun at them.

The suspect remains unnamed as police try to notify his next of kin.

Before any shots had been fired, the suspect forced one of his neighbors, Kathy Lunsford, into his apartment.

“As soon as he shut the door, he hugged me and he kissed me on the forehead,” Lunsford told Record Searchlight. She clarified that they had spoken previously but were not friends.

Next, Lunsford describes him toying around with his gun, though she wasn’t quite sure if it was real. Soon, however, there was no doubt.

“He was aiming at a guy, and then he just got sloppy – he was shooting everywhere,” Lunsford said.

Another neighbor, Jason Lucero, told KRCR that the suspect "reached up took a shot, said something else, took another shot,"then added, "He started talking about Obama or something, I really couldn't make it out."

Other neighbors corroborated the references to Obama, who just hours earlier had signed executive actions related to access to firearms for the mentally ill as well as other aspects of gun control.

Lunsford described the suspect’s behavior as “erratic” and thought he might be “on something.”

When officers arrived, they attempted to de-escalate the situation with less lethal beanbag rounds, followed by use of a K9, but those efforts were futile. Several officers had guns trained on the suspect’s apartment door, where the man kept coming out and going back in, police said at least 10 times.

The final time, cell phone video shows, the suspect raised his gun towards police, then was shot dead by nine police officers. Those officers are on administrative leave per county policy.

Some neighbors reported hearing 30 police shots, while others reported 70. It is unclear if the suspect fired his weapon. An autopsy is expected by early next week.

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@BarackObama BLASTS those saying that he's taking away their guns #Snitchlady

Everyone knows I got kicked out of Canada antagonizing guns. The government ended up tallying $1B Canadian dollars spent on gun violence and 28 people shot at the Danzig BBQ in Toronto. Well now America wants to curb guns and Obama ain't having it from the gun lobbyists.

A president who has vowed to politicize gun control and critics who believe he's determined to confiscate their weapons came face-to-face Thursday in a rare respectful and reasoned interlude in one of America's most poisoned political debates.

For once, the nation's bitter, polarized politics failed to swamp a conversation on gun violence. In a CNN town hall moderated by Anderson Cooper, President Barack Obama faced off against critics of his new executive actions, including expanded background checks for gun sales -- but both sides listened carefully, referred to shared concerns and avoided histrionics. One absent voice: the National Rifle Association, which declined CNN's invitation to participate.

It was the kind of civilized exchange that some Americans thought they were in line for when Obama took office in 2009 promising to cleanse American politics of its "petty grievances" and "recriminations and worn-out dogmas."

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