California cop kills man who charged them with metal bar, referred to as them ‘pigs’

A California police officer shot and killed an individual with a violent earlier Sunday who charged at him with a metal bar and referred to as his squad “pigs.”

Bodycam footage reveals 60-year-old Adam Barcenas barreling in the direction of three officers conducting a 6 a.m. DUI stop in Oxnard, a metropolis 60 miles northwest of Los Angeles.

“Hey you f–king pigs,” Barcenas may very well be heard screaming.

“I hate pig. Come on. I hate pig. I hate you. I hate you. I hate you.”

With a 5-foot metal bar raised, Barcenas stormed the three cops whereas that they had been standing on the sidewalk with a driver they suspected of driving beneath the have an effect on.

The officers ushered the citizen out of one of the simplest ways and repeatedly ordered the belligerent man to put down the bar.

“Barcenas ignored the officers’ commands and continued to advance towards them in an aggressive and threatening manner,” Oxnard police talked about.

Two officers pulled out tasers, whereas one different — who Barcenas was apparently concentrating on — whipped out his gun.

Officer Shayn Schwartz fired 4 deadly images on the charging man, video reveals.

Barcenas was struck 3 occasions: in his correct leg, correct hip and left larger torso.

One officer deployed her taser, however it didn’t penetrate Barcenas’ pores and pores and skin.

The third officer didn’t deploy his weapon.

He was rushed to a close-by hospital, nonetheless died about two hours later.

Barcenas had a historic previous of violent crime, KVTA reported.

He attacked two aged strangers on the street in two separate unprovoked assaults in 2019.

He rushed as a lot as a 71-year-old girl, punched her inside the head, and pushed her to the underside after which kicked her a variety of situations. She died eight days later, nonetheless prosecutors couldn’t definitively tie her lack of life to Barcenas’ assault.

Just a short time later, he approached an 80-year-old man who was strolling collectively with his partner and punched him inside the face and walked away sooner than returning to ship a second blow.

All three officers had been positioned on administrative depart, the division talked about. None had been involved in a taking footage incident sooner than.

Schwartz had joined the Oxnard Police Department in April 2022, the corporate disclosed. He had served as an officer on the Burbank Police Department from August 2018 by means of March 2022.

The metropolis is investigating the taking footage.