Tire iron mistaken for gun in fatal shooting

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Bakersfield, CA (KGET) The City of Bakersfield, California has released surveillance video from a controversial officer-involved shooting at a Subway restaurant in Oildale.

The District Attorney’s Office cleared the Bakersfield Police Department officer of any criminal charges in the death of 27-year old Jason Alderman.

As Alderman stepped out of the restaurant after breaking through the front window to take cash out of the till, Senior Officer Chad Garrett says Alderman refused his repeated orders to drop what appeared to be a rifle.

Officer Garrett fired six times.

The rifle turned out to be a black tire iron.

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