‘Nothing About It Was Justified’: Family Reacts To Fatal CHP Shooting

SOLANO COUNTY (CBS13) – Nine months aft a deadly CHP shooting, the household of Karl Walker is reacting to the video showing the last moments of his life.

The household tells CBS13 they bash not judge CHP officers did capable to de-escalate the situation.

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“I don’t deliberation helium was doing thing wherever helium deserved to die,” explained Karl’s niece Jamie Poplin.

That absorption from Jamie poplin came minutes aft watching the past moments of her uncle’s beingness arsenic helium was changeable by CHP officers.

“What I could spot is conscionable him trying to get retired of the concern alive,” she said.

Twenty-nine-year-old Karl Walker was pulled implicit connected the enarthrosis of I-80 successful Dixon erstwhile CHP arrived connected January 30, 2021.

The Solano County District Attorney’s Office ruled the shooting was justified, explaining that CHP officers asked Karl to driblet his weapon astatine slightest 22 times. The DA’s last study states:

“Only aft helium continued to garbage to driblet the weapon and past pointed the loaded firearm with his digit wrong the trigger…did the officers discharge their weapons.”

“He is not aiming astatine anyone, helium was told to enactment immoderate successful his manus down and I judge that is what helium was doing,” said Poplin. “You springiness idiosyncratic an bid and past they commencement doing what you are ordering them to bash and past you sprout them?” Poplin questioned.

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Karl’s mother, Sherry Philips, who has not seen the video, told CBS13 by telephone she does not judge her lad posed a hazard to officers.

“There is truthful galore things that they could’ve done. They didn’t person to sprout my lad similar that. My lad was not trying to sprout anyone, oregon helium would’ve changeable them,” explained Philips.

Jamie explained the hardest portion of the video is what happened aft the gunfire.

“Watching him autumn implicit and them yelling astatine him to rotation over,” she explained.

Two officers were cleared of each charges, but household members inactive judge the shooting should’ve ne'er happened

“Nothing astir it was justified astatine all,” Philips said.

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While the DA’s probe into the shooting is closed, Philips explained she is inactive seeking justness for her lad and the household has filed a civilian suit against CHP.

Velena Jones