Erik Salgado Wiki – Erik Salgado Biography
California Highway Patrol officers opened fire on him and his pregnant girlfriend in a car police say was stolen. Salgado was killed, in the June 6 shooting, and his pregnant partner lost their child, according to Salgado’s family. Salgado’s pregnant partner as officers orders to get on her knees at gunpoint. Bauer noted, “at 1:09 am, two hours after the shooting, the injured pregnant woman still [appeared] to be [at the scene].”
Now, organizers and activists alike are demanding police accountability; specifically, that the officers who fired an estimated 40 rounds at Salgado and his partner are identified publicly, detained, and brought to justice.
Erik Salgado Age
Salgado was 23 years old.
Viral Vidio
New videos in the death of Erik Salgado show the moments after California Highway Patrol officers opened fire on him and his pregnant girlfriend in a car police say was stolen. Salgado, 23, was killed, in the June 6 shooting, and his pregnant partner lost their child.
UPDATE: Mayor @LibbySchaaf says @oakland is “committed to conducting a rigorous & transparent investigation” into a shooting by @CHP_GoldenGate officers that killed auto-theft suspect Erik Salgado & injured his pregnant gf. @oaklandpoliceca made clear they did not open fire pic.twitter.com/wlqm008Vkr
— Henry K. Lee (@henrykleeKTVU) June 9, 2020
The latest footage comes in the form of several video clips released by Shane Bauer, a journalist, and author, who received them from someone present at the scene of the shooting. Bauer tweeted the videos out in a thread. Stills from those videos have also been shared in local news coverage in the last day.
And here are the videos showing the moments that took place after Salgado was shot and killed, shared by Bauer.
The video starts just as the last shot is fired. One officer shouts “hands up motherfucker!” They shout for him to turn the car off, but he’s dead. 3/ pic.twitter.com/taWu7HbKU8
— Shane Bauer (@shane_bauer) June 10, 2020
In the above footage, a neighbor can be heard telling someone “to get the kids down.” Moments later, a voice can be heard saying, “Hands up motherf*cker!”
Salgado’s partner
Salgado’s partner has not spoken publicly about what happened, but Bauer says the woman’s voice in these videos belongs to her. In the next video, voices can be heard saying “can you get out of the car?,” and “Get out of the car,” seemingly to a woman.
In the subsequent videos, the screams of a woman can be heard again, with an officer telling someone to give the woman aid. It’s not clear how much time has passed since shots were fired, but Bauer says Salgado’s pregnant partner was on the scene for at least two hours after.
A full five minutes after the shooting, an officer asks if someone can provide the woman aid. 5/ pic.twitter.com/wOotkjfKy4
— Shane Bauer (@shane_bauer) June 10, 2020
Amanda( Sister) Said:
Following news of his death, protestors took to the street on Monday, participating in demonstrations in his hometown of East Oakland. His sister, Amanda, said at the demonstration, via KQED, “Erik was a good daddy, he was a good brother, he was a good primo [cousin], a good dad. He was a product of the streets like all of us are, a product of his environment. That doesn’t make him a bad person. That don’t make him a criminal.”
Amanda also added, per CBS San Francisco, “I want them to be upfront about it. We just want to know why they shot him. Why was it 40 times? Why not try other methods to get him out of the car?“ “The City of Oakland is committed to conducting a rigorous and transparent investigation into this fatal shooting that occurred in our city,” Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf said on Monday. Though Salgado’s partner has not spoken publicly, she was listed as being in stable condition at a nearby hospital by CBS San Francisco on June 8.
