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Demonstrators are expected to come out in force for a second consecutive day Tuesday after Sonoma County prosecutors announced that a sheriff’s deputy wouldn't face charges for fatally shooting a teenage boy who was carrying a replica assault rifle.
Andy Lopez, 13, was shot seven times by a sheriff’s deputy in October 2013 when he was seen carrying a replica AK-47 BB gun and turned toward the deputy and his partner as they were ordering him to drop it, according to multiple media reports.
Sonoma County Dist. Atty. Jill Ravitch said Monday that Deputy Erick Gelhaus shot the boy as a response to what "he honestly and reasonably believed was an imminent threat of death or serious bodily injury to himself or others.
“It is incumbent upon us to move forward to address the many layers of concern uncovered by this tragedy, and work together to rebuild trust and support for all members of this community," Ravitch said in a statement released after the decision to not charge Gelhaus was announced.
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