Article 5RB20 Killed in seconds: why did the FBI shoot Jonathan Cortez in an Oakland corner store?

Killed in seconds: why did the FBI shoot Jonathan Cortez in an Oakland corner store?

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Sam Levin
from US news | The Guardian on (#5RB20)

Six weeks after the killing, the family of the aspiring food truck owner demands answers: What are they hiding?'

Jonathan Cortez was buying a packet of beef jerky, a bottle of Gatorade and a Snickers bar at his local corner store in Oakland, California, when an FBI agent stormed in, gun drawn.

Seconds later, the officer opened fire, fatally shooting the 31-year-old.

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