The Long Beach Police Department on Monday released the name of the officer who was involved in the May 27 shooting that resulted in the death of 20-year-old college student Feras Morad.

The officer involved in the shooting, which is still being investigated, is Matthew Hernandez, a 12-year veteran of the force. The name was released in response to a public records request from the Press-Telegram.

The Police Department stated through spokeswoman Nancy Pratt that Hernandez is not available for comment.

Pratt stated Hernandez has not been involved in any prior on-duty shootings.

Hernandez has been removed from field duty, per department policy, while the case is being reviewed.

Friends and family members of Morad have contended the shooting was not justified. Roughly 100 people gathered Thursday to protest the shooting outside Long Beach police headquarters.

The officer-involved shooting took place after a witness made a phone call about 7:30 p.m. May 27 to request paramedics and police officers respond to an alley near the 4600 block of 15th Street, in the city’s Traffic Circle area, where a young man later identified as Morad appeared to be injured and intoxicated.

Long Beach police have released audio recordings of the initial call for help as well as a follow-up conversation between city Fire and Police Department personnel that took place before Hernandez was dispatched to the scene.

The caller reported Morad was bloody and likely intoxicated after having fallen from a window. The caller warned the young man was possibly “a little bit violent” and that police officers would likely be necessary.

In the second conversation, a Fire Department dispatcher advises a member of police dispatch that the man in the alley was violent, bleeding and acting erratically. She also tells the police dispatcher that Morad was unarmed.

Long Beach police have previously reported the shooting took place after Morad failed to obey an officer when commanded to stop walking in the officer’s direction. Police have said Hernandez tried to stop Morad with a Taser, through physical force and by striking him with a flashlight before firing after Morad allegedly threatened to attack him.

Although friends of Morad have said the May 27 incident followed a bad reaction to hallucinogenic mushrooms, that information has not been confirmed by the police department.

The Los Angeles County Coroner has not released any results of toxicology tests, as the case is sealed under a security hold requested by the police department, Coroners officials said Monday.

Morad, who lived in Woodland Hills and aspired to transfer from Moorpark College to Cal State Long Beach, was nationally ranked in speech and debate competitions.

Morad’s cousin, Kareem Morad said last week that Morad wanted to work as a lawyer in cases involving allegations of police brutality.

On Monday, Kareem Morad said he expected the name of the officer to be released and that his family’s legal team is conducting its own review of the evidence.

“We’re doing our part to make sure not only the officer, but also the Long Beach Police Department, is responsible for their actions,” he said.

The California Supreme Court affirmed in 2014 that police departments must generally disclose the names of officers involved in on-duty shootings. The May 2014 opinion in Long Beach Police Officers Association v. City of Long Beach left room for departments to withhold officers’ identities in particular cases in which disclosure may put an officer in danger.

The Supreme Court case was an outcome of the Dec. 12, 2010, shooting of Douglas Zerby, who was shot and killed by police while holding a pistol-grip water hose nozzle. Officers were responding to a report of an intoxicated man holding a “six shooter,” according to the court.

Officials with the Long Beach Police Officers Association, which opposed the release of officers’ names, could not be reached for comment Monday.