UC Merced officer-involved shooting under review by DA’s office

Merced Sunstar reports:

Merced County prosecutors this week will begin reviewing the Nov. 4 officer-involved shooting that ended a freshman student’s stabbing spree at UC Merced.

A UC Merced police officer fired at least two shots, killing 18-year-old Faisal Mohammad, who wounded four people during a violent rampage with a hunting knife. The name of the officer and three of the four victims have not been released.

The Merced County Sheriff’s Office conducted the investigation into the officer’s decision to open fire, a standard inquiry in such cases. Sheriff Vern Warnke on Monday confirmed his detectives had concluded that portion of the case and sent it to the District Attorney’s Office for review.

It will be up to the prosecutors to determine whether the officer followed the laws and procedures required to use force and to decide whether the decision to shoot the suspect was justified.

District Attorney Larry Morse II said there was no time frame for when his office may conclude the review.

Shooting a radical Muslim in the middle of a terrorist incident gets you "investigated" for doing your job!