Bodycam video shows fatal OIS of man advancing at LEO with heavy chain
By: Lyndsay Winkley, The San Diego Union-Tribune
SAN DIEGO — The District Attorney’s Office said Wednesday that a San Diego police officer’s actions were legally justified when he fatally shot a man who “aggressively” swung a heavy chain while advancing toward the officer in August.
Officer Corey Pitts fired twice at Vaughn Harrison Denham, 48, who had allegedly attacked a man with a machete before the shooting, police said.
The encounter happened on Aug. 8 after someone reported Denham had seriously injured a man near the Southcrest Recreation Center. The victim told officers he was attacked after he spotted Denham breaking a car window with a chain and asked him to leave. The man said he dodged several swings from the chain before Denham armed himself with a machete and attacked.
