OC District Attorney Releases Body Cam Footage Of Fatal Garden Grove Police Shooting

By CBSLA Staff, CBS Los Angeles:

GARDEN GROVE (CBSLA) — The Orange County District Attorney’s Office Wednesday released body camera video of a confrontation between a Garden Grove police officer and a suspected car thief that ended with the alleged burglar dead.

On Feb. 26, 2020, 31-year-old James Salazar was caught on camera allegedly stealing a Dodger Challenger from a car dealership. A few minutes after taking the car, he hit a center median pole on Harbor Boulevard near Trask Avenue — right in front of officer Jorge Mazon.

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