Body camera image showing officer aiming at suspect in patrol vehicle during January fatal shooting in Fountain Valley, California.Screen Shot from Fountain Valley PD Video
Fountain Valley (California) Police have released video of a Jan. 24, 2025, officer-involved shooting that killed a suspect who appeared to be about to drive away in a patrol vehicle with another officer’s handgun.
The incident began with a call to 911 from a woman who said she saw a man trying to open the car door of a female motorist outside of a middle school. She said the driver looked frightened and managed to drive away.
Description of the subject was that he was white or Hispanic with a shaved head and that he wasn’t wearing a shirt. The caller also said, “There’s something wrong with him.”
A responding officer located the man nearby and tried to get him to sit down and talk. Video from the scene shows the man running from the officer and a foot pursuit began. The officer called off the foot pursuit after losing sight of the man. He also told other officers not to pursue the man.
The video shows that he soon heard that the other officer who responded was in trouble.
Running to the location, the male officer saw a female officer under attack. The suspect had wrested away her duty pistol.
He then got into her patrol vehicle and appeared to be preparing to drive away.
The male officer ordered the suspect to “put down” the weapon. He then opened fire, shooting the suspect through the driver’s side window.
Officers on scene performed CPR until fire/EMS arrived.
The man, later identified as 26-year-old Osean McClintock, was pronounced dead.
The officers were not injured.
