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<h1 class="has-normal-font-size wp-block-heading"><strong>California cop Ryan McMahon, who fatally shot 2 Black men in one year including young rapper Willie McCoy Ryan, was fired Wednesday</strong></h1>



<h1 class="has-normal-font-size wp-block-heading"><strong>McMahon was dismissed from the Vallejo police dept. a month after it was revealing that the police chief recommended his termination for firing a shot that could have struck his partner</strong></h1>



<h1 class="has-normal-font-size wp-block-heading"><strong>McMahon was involved in two fatal shootings within the course of a year, has been fired from the police dept.</strong></h1>



<h1 class="has-normal-font-size wp-block-heading"><strong>McMahon fatally shot two Black men during his time on the force, once in February 2018 and again in February 2019</strong></h1>



<h1 class="has-normal-font-size wp-block-heading"><strong>On Feb. 9, 2019, McMahon and five other officers fired 55 bullets at Willie McCoy, an aspiring 20-year-old rapper </strong></h1>



<h1 class="has-normal-font-size wp-block-heading"><strong>McCoy had fallen asleep in his car at a Taco Bell drive-thru and was killed seconds after he woke up, which was caught on bodycam footage</strong></h1>



<h1 class="has-normal-font-size wp-block-heading"><strong>A year earlier, McMahon shot and killed another Black man, Ronell Foster, he&#8217;d stopped for riding his bike without a light at night</strong></h1>



<h1 class="has-normal-font-size wp-block-heading"><strong>When Foster fled, McMahon chased him down and beat him with a flashlight and as Foster tried to run away, McMahon shot him to death</strong></h1>



<h1 class="has-normal-font-size wp-block-heading"><strong>Internal investigation cleared McMahon, but the paid Foster’s family $5.7 million to settle a wrongful-death lawsuit</strong></h1>



<figure class="wp-block-image size-large is-resized"><img src="https://konniemoments.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Willie-McCoy-1.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-355883" width="582" height="327"/><figcaption><strong>Rapper Willie McCoy had fallen asleep in his car at a Taco Bell drive-thru and was killed seconds after he woke up. The shooting was captured by the officers&#8217; body cameras, on Feb. 9, 2019</strong></figcaption></figure>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">A California police officer has been fired after fatally shooting a Black man, but he was only canned because another officer was in his line of fire.<br>Ryan McMahon was terminated Wednesday.<br>McMahon, who has been involved in two fatal shootings within the course of a year, was fired from the police department, a month after documents surfaced revealing the police chief recommended McMahon his termination for firing a shot that could have struck his partner.<br>McMahon fatally shot two Black men during his time on the force, once in February 2018 and again in February 2019.</p>



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An execution: The tape of Willie McCoy&#8217;s shooting death by police at a Taco Bell drive in Vallejo, California on Feb 9, 2019 was captured by bodycam. Six police officers fired 55 rounds in 3.5 seconds, an independent report states.



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">On Feb. 9, 2019, McMahon and five other officers fired 55 bullets at Willie McCoy, an aspiring 20-year-old rapper. McCoy had fallen asleep in his car at a Taco Bell drive-thru and was killed seconds after he woke up. The shooting was captured by the officers&#8217; body cameras. <br>Police officers were there for a welfare check at the fast-food restaurant after an employee reported a man “slumped over” in the driver’s seat of a silver Mercedes-Benz.</p>



<figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><img src="https://konniemoments.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Ronell-Foster-3.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-355892"/><figcaption><strong>Officer Ryan McMahon shot and killed Ronell Foster [photo], after stopping him for a minor traffic infraction on Feb 13, 2018</strong></figcaption></figure>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph"><br>McMahon ; “violated department policies by engaging in unsafe conduct and neglect for basic firearm safety” in the 2019 fatal shooting of Willie McCoy outside of a Taco Bell, the city announced in a news release Thursday. McCoy was shot multiple times by six Vallejo officers in an incident that has become the subject of a still-active federal lawsuit. </p>



<figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><img src="https://konniemoments.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Willie-McCoy-at-right-with-relatives-Danaree-Cole-left-and-David-Harrison-1.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-355885"/><figcaption><strong>Willie McCoy, seen [right], with relatives Danaree Cole, [left], and David Harrison, [center], was shot and killed when six police officers fired 55 shots at him on Feb 9, 2019 while asleep in his car outside a Taco Bell in Vallejo, California</strong></figcaption></figure>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Police reports claim that McCoy was asleep when officers spotted a gun on his lap and noted that the car was in drive. As McCoy awoke, officers said he leaned forward and reached toward the weapon, a claim that was not borne out by independent review of the tapes.<br>Authorities say McCoy was shot a dozen times, but the victim&#8217;s family members who viewed ;his body said he was shot more than 20 times. In fact Police fired more than 55 rounds at Willie McCoy in <a href="https://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-police-shooting-willie-mccoy-report-20190627-story.html">less than 4 seconds</a>, independent reports show.<br>The shooting sparked outrage in the Bay Area community and scrutiny of the Vallejo Police Department.<br>McMahon ultimately was fired after an internal investigation because another officer was in his “field of fire&#8221; when he shot at McCoy, according to the <a rel="noreferrer noopener" href="https://www.mercurynews.com/2020/10/01/vallejo-cop-fired-for-almost-shooting-partner-in-2019-incident-where-six-cops-killed-willie-mccoy/" target="_blank">San Jose Mecury News</a>.<br>McMahon “violated department policies by engaging in unsafe conduct and neglect for basic firearm safety,” Vallejo police said in a ;<a rel="noreferrer noopener" href="https://myemail.constantcontact.com/Vallejo-PD-Terminates-Former-Officer-Ryan-McMahon-for-Policy-Violations.html?soid=1107787334147&;aid=2QTyk7vBdhk" target="_blank">press release</a>.</p>



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Vallejo police released this Feb 13, 2018 footage where officer Ryan McMahon shot and killed Ronell Foster after stopping him for a minor traffic infraction. An internal investigation ruled the killing &#8216;justified&#8217;



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">A year earlier, McMahon shot and killed another Black man, Ronell Foster. McMahon said that he had stopped Foster for riding his bike without a light at night, according to ;<a rel="noreferrer noopener" href="https://sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com/2020/10/01/vallejo-police-fire-officer-ryan-mcmahon-two-fatal-shootings/" target="_blank">local CBS affiliate KPIX</a>. <br>When Foster fled, McMahon chased him down and beat him with a flashlight. Foster took the flashlight and tried to run; McMahon responded by shooting him to death.<br>That internal investigation cleared McMahon, but the city of Vallejo paid Foster’s family $5.7 million in August 2020 to settle a wrongful-death lawsuit.<br>NBC News ;<a rel="noreferrer noopener" href="https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/california-officer-involved-fatal-2019-shooting-local-rapper-fired-n1241742" target="_blank">reported</a> that the other officers who killed McCoy, Collin Eaton, Bryan Glick, Jordon Patzer, Anthony Romero-Cano and Mark Thompson, have not been disciplined. All six officers opened fire on the sleeping local rapper, who is black at the same time.</p>

California cop fired after fatally shooting 2 Black men in one year, including young rapper Willie McCoy, downed in a volley 0f 55 police shots in 4 seconds
