Overview
- Police contacted 43‑year‑old Jose Angel Castillo near 40th Avenue and International Boulevard while responding to a prior California Highway Patrol contact on July 13; officers say they found him carrying two homemade spears.
- The released body‑camera and surveillance video shows officers ordering Castillo to drop the weapons, deploying Tasers, and two officers firing their guns after Castillo appears to take one swing with a spear at a distance.
- Castillo fell and was unresponsive at the scene and later died; the two officers who fired have been placed on administrative leave under department policy.
- KTVU’s full review of the footage and statements from civil‑rights attorney Jim Chanin and the Anti Police‑Terror Project have raised questions about whether the use of deadly force was justified and called for fuller public explanation.
- The Oakland Police Department and the Alameda County District Attorney’s Office are conducting formal reviews that will determine whether charges are filed or lead to changes in police practice, with the release adding pressure for answers about CHP’s earlier role and policing in local encampments.