A video showing police personnel gunning down an individual is going viral on social media platforms with users identifying the latter as one 'Mohammad Altamish'.
What have users said?: An X (formerly Twitter) premium user shared the clip with a caption that said, "A radical Islamist Mohammad Altamish in America was threatening with a knife. American police said to throw the knife and surrender. Mohammad Altamish did not agree. Then police did what a police officer should do with terrorists."
What are the facts?: The viral claim is false. The video is actually from 8 November 2022, when a man named Jesus Crosby was shot by the Albuquerque Police Department (APD) in the United States.
How did we find that out?: A Google Lens search on the keyframes of the viral clip directed us to a report published by the Albuquerque Journal that carried a similar visual.
It said that Albuquerque Police Department (APD) gunned down a man named Jesus Crosby in November 2022 in the parking lot of the department's headquarters.
The report mentioned that Crosby was carrying nail clippers with the file extended, which was mistaken for a knife by the officers. When the man stepped forward, he was shot by two officers.
Crosby reportedly refused to surrender and was shouting obscenities.
What did the department say?: As per the press release by the APD, Crosby had threatened bank employees and customers after he got upset about not being able to withdraw money on 8 November 2022.
It mentioned that Crosby had prior criminal records.
An officer recognised Crosby standing in front of the transport center on the early hours of 10 November 2022.
When an officer tried detaining Crosby, he screamed profanities and lunged towards the officer with a white and blue plastic object.
However, after Crosby refused to surrender and lunged two additional steps, he was shot down by the officers.
Family intended to file lawsuit: Team WebQoof came across a report published by KRQE News that said Crosby's family filed a lawsuit against the APD. It said that attorneys representing the family said Crosby was dealing with a mental health crisis.
Conclusion: The video is old is being shared with a false communal claim.
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