Despite Pleas, Oklahoma City Officer Fatally Shoots Deaf Man
While people continued to scream, the first officer fired his Taser at Mr. Sanchez, while the second fired his handgun, the police said.
The first officer to arrive called for backup, pulled out his Taser
and ordered Mr. Sanchez, 35, who was on his front porch, to drop the two-foot-long pipe he was clutching, the police said.
An Oklahoma City police officer fatally shot a man on Tuesday night despite pleas from neighbors
that the man was deaf and could not hear the commands to drop a metal pipe he was holding, the authorities said.
It was the same motion Mr. Sanchez made before the police shot him, Mr. Rayos said.
Mr. Sanchez also used the pipe to communicate with people, moving it around to try to convey what he meant, Mr. Rayos said.