Eye witness accounts contradict official report of police involved shooting of man killed inside a parked car in Phoenix, AZ on Saturday afternoon

Protests erupted in Phoenix after video recorded by bystanders shows the moment cops yelled ‘I will f**king shoot you’ before gunning down James ‘jay’ Porter Garcia inside a parked car

Police said they responded to a home after a caller reported that a man who tried to kill him a week ago had returned with a knife and was threatening him again 

According to a police statement, two officers arrived at the scene and saw the suspect sitting in a parked car in a driveway

Ten minutes later he was dead after the officers fired 10 rounds into the vehicle at point blank range 

In video recorded by witnesses, police are heard yelling at the suspect: ‘Hey, stop f**king moving. I will f**king shoot you!’ 

Moments later, a cracking sounds is heard followed by about 10 gunshots  James ‘Jay Porter Garcia, 28, a father-of-two had no connection to events that brought cops on the scene 

He was dozing in his car waiting for his friend, when police arrived in search of a suspect in a case of aggravated assault who had argued with another man in front of the home earlier

Police report says when officers asked suspect to step out of car, he allegedly showed them a gun – Cops demanded the man drop the gun, he raised the weapon instead

One officer broke a window to distract the man and two other cops shot him dead

Garcia had both of his hands on the steering wheel and only reacted by raising up both of his hands when an officer smashed the rear window of his car, witnesses said

‘There is no way he would have pulled a gun surrounded by six police officers,’ one eye witness said

‘Phoenix Police officers gun down James Jay Garcia in parked car:  In video recorded by witnesses, police are heard yelling at Garcia: ‘Hey, stop f**king moving. I will f**king shoot you!’ Moments later, a cracking sounds is heard followed by about 10 gunshots 

The officer-involved shooting death of an armed man who was sitting inside a parked car in Phoenix has prompted protests to erupt across the city.
In video recorded by witnesses, police are heard yelling at the man: ‘Hey, stop f**king moving. I will f**king shoot you!’ before opening fire.
The man in the vehicle has been identified as 28-year-old James ‘Jay’ Porter Garcia, a father-of-two.

View “Police release video of events after officers shoot and kill a man sitting a parked car.” in Phoenix, AZ, on July 4

Phoenix police released a statement and bodycam footage of the incident that occurred around 1pm on Saturday.Authorities said they responded to a residence after a caller reported that a man who tried to kill him a week ago had returned with a knife and was threatening him again.
Video from bystanders shows the officers shouting at James Garcia in the vehicle.
Moments later, a cracking sounds is heard followed by about 10 gunshots. Witnesses are heard screaming that the man inside the vehicle is dead.
‘That’s f**ked up man!’ one bystander is heard yelling at the officers who are seen in the video surrounding the vehicle.

Eye witness accounts present another side of the narrative in police shooting of James Jay Garcia in Phoenix

According to a police statement, two officers arrived at the scene and saw the suspect sitting in a parked car in a driveway. Ten minutes later he was dead after the officers fired 10 rounds into the vehicle at point blank range

Witness Lisa Werner tells a version of events completely contradictory to the police accoun

Shortly after the shooting footage went viral, police released bodycam video from responding officers.
The police  video does not show the actual shooting, but does show the aftermath as another officer is seen removing a gun from the front seat of Garcia’s vehicle.
Officers then removed Garcia from the vehicle and Phoenix Fire personnel transported him to a local hospital where he succumbed to his injuries.
According to a police statement, two officers arrived at the scene and saw the suspect sitting in a parked car in a driveway.
Officers approached the car to let the man know they were investigating an aggravated assault.
Police said when the officers asked the man to get out of the car, he rolled up the window and showed a gun.

Police said one officer broke the side window of the car to distract the man and two other officers opened fire.
Following the man’s death, protests erupted across the city, with dozens of demonstrators marching to the Maryvale Estrella Mountain police station.

Other people left flowers and candles in the driveway of the home where the shooting occurred.
Eye witnesses offer a a narrative that completely differs from the police report.  Garcia had nothing to do with the event leading to the 911 call that brought law enforcement on the scene.
Home owner Lisa Whener who described Jay Garcia as a gentle soul, said Garcia who was there to pick up her son, was waiting  in his car in her driveway.
He must have dozed off she said, when police arrived in search of an aggravated assault suspect who had argued with another man in front of the house earlier.
Activists query the fact that Phoenix police have released only bodycam video of events after the shooting, instead of the full timeline of events leading to the shooting and the actual shooting itself

‘There is no way he would have pulled a gun surrounded by six officers’ -This eye witness says James Jay Garcia had no connection with the incident Phoenix cops were investigating when they shot him dead

Whereas police say Garcia refused to cooperate when he was ordered to step out, that he had a gun which he picked up and pointed at officers before they shot him dead, witnesses however contradict this account.
According to several eye witness accounts, Garcia had both of his hands on the steering wheel and only reacted when one officer smashed the back window of his car.
‘There is no way he would have pulled a gun surrounded by six officers,’ a male witness said.
Garcia reacted to the sound of his breaking back window by jerking both pf his hands upwards before police shot him eye witnesses claim.

Moments after  officers asked  the man sitting in the vehicle to get down, cracking sounds  are heard followed by about 10 gunshots. Witnesses are heard screaming that the man inside the vehicle is dead. In the aftermath the windows in the vehicle are all shattered

Phoenix City Councilman Carlos Garcia shared the video on his Facebook page, saying: ‘It does not shock us that despite all the scrutiny from community Phoenix PD continues to respond violently to calls.
‘But, we must all continue to ask for transparency and accountability. The department also issued a premature statement leaving out facts about the case.
‘We cannot allow for dishonest narratives to be built by violent departments. we will continue to call for independent investigations into officer involved shootings.’
The police department has also urged witnesses to send in any video of the officer-involved shooting.