VIDEO: Police kill a man in front of his 12-year-old daughter

(Video showing time of murder.) Credit: Lane County Attorney

Once again, a homicide involved US police. Charles Landeros, a 30-year-old man of Latin and Filipino descent was murdered in front of his daughter by an officer.

Until now, the police involved in the killing of the 30-year-old man have not been sanctioned, the authorities having justified their acts by claiming that they had it. made "self-defense"

The incident occurred on Friday, January 11 at one of the high school entrances Cascade CollegeLocated in the city of Eugene, the second largest state of Oregon.

It was around 10:30 when Charles Landeros was at one of the entrances to the school campus. The man was present because he was trying to solve a problem related to the custody of one of his daughters.

However, the police officers of the school asked him to leave the premises and at that moment, Landeros began to protest.

The video of the moment, captured by the camera of the police officer who murdered Charles Landeros, shows when the two officers have forcibly removed him from campus. A few seconds earlier, the man had been exalted because he had seen his daughter cross one of the school hallways.

After some fighting, one of the officers told Landeros that he was under arrest and then tried to subject him to the wall to immobilize him.

But that's when everything became uncontrollable. The footage shows when Landeros fell to the ground and a few seconds later he pulled out a 9mm pistol. Shortly after a few shots were heard.
Although in the video, the moment can not be accurately badessed, according to authorities, Charles Landeros reportedly fired twice at the location of the officer. Steve Timm.

The policeman, who was unscathed, reportedly responded to the attack and reportedly He shot Landeros to the head. That single impact was enough to kill him.

Patty Perlow, prosecutor in charge of the case, said that the agents had acted correctly and that their actions were justified. He also noted that both intervened appropriately when Landeros removed the school. He added that there were reasons to stop for "disorderly conduct" and "intrusion".

"Officer Timm saved the life of Officer Johns, himself and probably many others, given the number of shots that Charles Landeros blew up with his gun," the prosecutor said. a statement.

According to the prosecutor, in addition to the gun concealed in the pants, this man also had a backpack containing more ammunition of different caliber. However, he later confessed that the victim He had a license to carry firearms.

Patty Perlow also confirmed that everything happened in front of Landeros's daughter, which although he was involved did not appear at any point in the clip. The only thing that could be appreciated was the look his father had given him, before the cops took him by force.

The defense of the victim, meanwhile, indicated that she had hired experts to review the shot in detail.

Defense counsel released a statement on Thursday stating that the victim's background and ethnicity may have played an important role in his death. The statement said that Landeros was "an activist who opposed police brutality and who was of Mexican and Filipino descent"

Charles Landeros moved to Eugene in 1989. He graduated from Willamette High School in 2006 and then spent six years in the army as a helicopter mechanic. According to his relatives, he was involved in conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan.

In 2012, he left the army and enrolled at the University of Oregon where he specialized in public policy and administration. Later, he was an arms instructor and founder of the Community Self Armed Self-Defense, a group that was dedicated to giving lessons on the use of firearms for people of color and the LGBTQ community.

Reportedly, during the investigation of the case, the police department found in the Facebook from Landeros a post that said: "Death to all pigs (police) ".

According to preliminary reports, Charles Landeros divorced his former wife Shayla, with whom he shared custody of his two daughters.

According to Perlow Attorney, the man reportedly enrolled one of the girls at the Cascade Middle School a few days before the incident and said nothing to his ex-wife.

However, when the woman was informed, she decided to go to school to talk to officials and show them the custody papers.

The school institution, for its part, also called Landeros and asked for the presence of security officers, so-called "It is normal to call the police whenever there is a dispute related to a police custody. "

Perlow explained that Constable Timm reviewed the custody records and spoke with the parents separately.

The version that Landeros said was that he and his ex-wife "shared the custody of the girls". However, according to the prosecutor, the couple's divorce conditions state that, even if the parents have shared custody of the two children, the mother's home would be the children's primary residence and she would have the final power to make care decisions. medical, l & # 39; education and the religion of minors.

"The conversation was respectful between Officer Timm and Charles Landeros, although the police officer expressed his fear that there would be a problem if the mother exercised her right to remove the girl from the school" said Perlow.

Shortly after the meeting, the man left the office, but remained in the hall to protest against the order of the officer. A few minutes later, he was killed in front of his daughter.