An investigation from the California Department of Justice cleared the Hemet Police Department of the deadly shooting of a 26-year-old man last year.

Officers shot and killed Jimmy Lopez, 26, after staff at a local bar witnessed a black gun falling out of the man's waistband on July 4, 2024. In the 911 call released by the Hemet Police Department, two employees told the dispatcher that they witnessed a gun fall out of the man's pocket as they were ushering him out of the bar.

Hemet police and the CA DOJ said their investigation determined the weapon was an airsoft gun.

Surveillance video from a nearby gardening store showed Lopez carrying the airsoft gun shortly before officers found him passed out on the sidewalk, in front of another storefront.

Lopez sat upright after officers ga

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