Police Shoot And Kill Man Lying On Ground In Handcuffs At Fruitvale BART

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Thu, Jan 1, 2009 6:36PM

BART spokesman Jim Allison said the officer's gun went off while police were trying to restrain 22-year-old Oscar Grant at the station on East 12th Street around 2:15 a.m., shortly after a train from San Francisco arrived.

http://cbs5.com/crime/BART.shooting.police.2.898502.html

(01-01) 13:51 PST -- A young man allegedly involved in a possible scuffle aboard a BART train was shot to death by a BART police officer on the platform of the Fruitvale Station early today.
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While witness accounts reported by news organizations indicate Grant was on the ground and handcuffed when he was shot, Allison would not confirm the victim had been detained.

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