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Aug132004
Friday, August 13, 2004 at 05:44PM
San Jose police shot to death a suspected shoplifter
Thursday after he allegedly flashed a knife, the fourth fatal
officer-involved shooting in the city this year. Police unsuccessfully
tried to subdue the man with Taser stun guns before firing at him. The
man was declared dead at the scene. The man's name was not released but
local media outlets identified him as 21-year-old Johnny Nakao, the son
of a Santa Clara County sheriff's deputy. Police officers were called
at 9:35 a.m. to come to a Radio Shack store after employees reported a
man stole a portable CD player and camcorder battery and threw
merchandise at the workers. The man was in the store when police
arrived, but fled after an officer shot him with a stun gun. Officers
chased the man into the street. He then turned toward them with a knife
and approached the officers, police said. After another unsuccessful
stun gun shot, two other officers shot and killed the man. [more ]