He was severely injured when a Long Beach police officer encountered Feras Morad last week.
By Saturday law enforcement officials had released 20-year-old Morads name, saying that he allegedly threatened a Long Beach officer before being fatally shot.
Morad died at a hospital after Wednesday evenings shooting. Police say he was acting erratically which might not sound too surprising considering he had fallen two stories from his friends window, after an argument got physical.
Morad was still angry, and was not thinking clearly after he hit the ground, according to the Long Beach Fire Department.
One firefighters requested assistance, and the officer who would end up taking Morads life responded.
The officer said that one of three male suspects began walking toward him as he exited his vehicle.
He appeared to have a large cut on his body and was covered with blood, the departments release read. The officer told him he was there to help him get medical aid.
The officer ordered Morad to stop even though he had not done anything to threaten the officer or harm anyone. But as he approached quickly, the officer thought he might.
Remember, this man had just fallen out of a second story window. The description of quickly deserves a bit of scrutiny here.
The officer said he believed he might be assaulted, so he used an impact weapon to beat Morad.
Only after being assaulted by the officer who initiated force upon this injured man, did Morah allegedly make confrontational remarks to the police officer, which the officer assures us included the key get-out-of-trouble-if-youre-a-cop phrase: Im going to kill you.
Thats when the officer said he had no choice but to open fire on the severely injured Morad, who again advanced toward the officer, telling the officer he was going to attack him.
At no time did Morad ever attack this police officer.
A GoFundMe page has been set up to help Morads family pay for the funeral services and expenses due to the officer having gunned this unarmed man down.
The fundraiser page describes Morad as a brilliant, compassionate, and idealistic young man who was just stepping into his adulthood, and yet he had already touched countless lives with his kind and loving heart.
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