Parents of man fatally shot by Pleasanton police question use of force in son's death
PLEASANTON, Calif. (KGO) --
John Deming Junior was shot and killed by police early Sunday morning. The incident happened as police responded to an alarm at a Pleasanton car dealership and new details about what led up to the shooting are emerging.
The 19-year-old's parents are wondering whether excessive force was used by the Pleasanton police when they shot and killed their son. They are having a difficult time dealing with his death and they are wondering how hard it will be to get to the truth. Police are defending their actions.
The shooting has been hardest on John Deming's mother, Linda Stasi. Pleasanton police showed up at her San Jose home with a search warrant and put her in handcuffs. They didn't tell her until later that her son was dead."
The case is also tearing up the teen's father, a reserve police officer, who is critical of the force used against his son, known as Bubba to his friends.
"They don't need to do things like deploy a dog to a teenager that's obviously unarmed. They confirmed that," Deming Senior said. John Deming Senior. "He had a bandana. He was not a threat. He was not the aggressor and there's absolutely no reason to shoot and kill my son."
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