From [HERE] Luis Góngora, the Latino homeless man shot by San Francisco police on 7 April, was killed by a shot to the head from above, lawyers for his family alleged at a press conference as they announced the filing of a claim against the city and county of San Francisco for excessive force and wrongful death.

“This was like a mafia shot,” said Luis Poot Pat, Góngora’s cousin, who attended the press conference on Friday. “I can’t believe in the beautiful city of San Francisco this can happen.”

Attorneys for the Góngora family presented video and photographic evidence that they say shows that police officers shot Góngora from above, while he was either sitting down or lying prone. Photographs from a private autopsy show that Góngora was shot in the top of his head, as well as in the back, both arms, and the abdomen.

“The officer can be seen shooting down at the wounded man, with a handgun in one hand and a shotgun in the other, in a scene reminiscent of a gangster movie,” the claim states. The claim is a precursor to a lawsuit.

The lawyers played an enlarged, slow-motion version of surveillance video, previously released by the San Francisco Chronicle, that provides a partial view of the shooting. One of the officers can be seen firing three rounds.

“If you slow down this clip, you will witness that the officer who initially had the shotgun is pointing downward,” said Adante Pointer, one of the attorneys. “Mr Góngora was already down on the ground when this officer decided to pump three shots into his body.”

Racist suspects, Sgt. Nate Steger and Officer Michael Mellone were identified as the killer cops. 

Pointer also told the Guardian that the absence of stippling or tattooing on Góngora’s body shows that police were more than arms-length away from Góngora when they shot him.

“They shot him to pieces,” Pointer said. “It’s ridiculous.”