Philly commissioner: Rush to provide information perpetuated false police-shooting narrative
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Philadelphia's top cop says a rush to provide the public details on a police-involved shooting led to a since debunked story that the victim was reaching into a car for a gun when he was killed.
Commissioner Charles Ramsey says Thursday that police were caught between the media's demand for information quickly on last December's shooting of Brandon Tate-Brown and the need for a thorough investigation first.
Surveillance videos and interview transcripts released Tuesday show Tate-Brown running around the back of the car toward the passenger side when he was shot. His family now accuses the police of lying about what happened.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}But the officer told investigators he feared Tate-Brown was running to grab a gun in the car after struggling with police. The officer has been cleared of criminal wrongdoing.