Austin police shot Rajan Moonesinghe on Nov. 15 as he held a rifle on his own porch.

[JaySmith]

Cops aren't winning themselves any friends. The cop randomly showed up, yelled drop your weapon, and immediately killed him.

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...as-d-rcna59884

A tech entrepreneur in Texas wasn’t given ample time to drop a rifle he was carrying on his own front porch before he was fatally shot by police last month, his devastated family told NBC News.

Rajan “Raj” Moonesinghe, 33, had returned from a trip and suspected his home had been burglarized during the early-morning hours of Nov. 15. That’s when he held a rifle outside his front door and was encountered by an Austin police officer who quickly shot him while almost simultaneously ordering Moonesinghe to drop the gun, relatives said.

In an exclusive interview on Thursday, Moonesinghe’s mother, Ruth, and brother, Johann, said they were heartbroken and demanded answers from Austin police as to why their loved one was killed so quickly before being given a reasonable amount of time to drop the weapon.

“He did nothing wrong,” Johann Moonesinghe said. “He had a gun … he was defending his house and he didn’t point the gun. He was not menacing. He didn’t look like he was going to shoot anyone.”

Moonesinghe said his brother got a rifle to protect himself and there had been recent crimes in the area.

“He called his friend and he said I think something’s been moved around my house. Something strange is going on.”

'Thank you for being this amazing gift'
Ruth Moonesinghe described her son, the co-founder of a restaurant consulting business, as an "amazing gift" to her and many others.

"I just wanted to hold him … and say, ‘I love him. Thank you for being this amazing gift that I had,''' she said. "I’m just sad. I wasn’t there because … that shouldn’t have happened to him."

Austin police said in a statement the deadly shooting occurred about 12:30 a.m.

They said a 911 caller told a dispatcher that a man in a gray robe and dark pants was pointing a rifle down the street.

The caller also said the man was pointing his rifle at the interior of his home, police said. The caller then stated the man just fired into his own home. The caller said the police were on scene and the man fired again, police said.

Police identified the officer who fired at Moonesinghe as Daniel Sanchez, who is now on administrative leave.

“Officer Sanchez was the first to observe Mr. Moonesinghe and gave him a verbal command to drop the gun. Immediately after telling Mr. Moonesinghe to drop the gun, Officer Sanchez fired his Department approved firearm at Mr. Moonesinghe. Mr. Moonesinghe was struck and fell to the ground,” police said.

Two other officers initially responded to the call. One of those officers ordered Moonesinghe to show his hands after he was shot.

“The officers immediately began life-saving measures,” police said. Moonesinghe died at a local hospital, police said.

Sanchez has been with the department for two years and nine months, police said. They said two investigations into the shooting are ongoing.

One is a criminal investigation by the department’s Special Investigations Unit in conjunction with the Travis County District Attorney’s Office. The second is an administrative investigation conducted by the department’s Internal Affairs Unit, with oversight from the Office of Police Oversight.

[HanzMcFeely]

Just business as usual. Move along Sir…

[ImminentDanger]

This is another example of assaults on our 2nd Amendment Rights. The 911 operators are often complicit in this problem.

Law enforcement agencies & personnel are operating under the presumption that ONLY COPS can safely have guns and all others are dangerously armed. Shoot first and find out the actual details later.

The cop went home alive. The citizen & principles that he had sworn to Protect & Serve ended up in the morgue.

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[bogey1]

This isn't good at all. The cop needs to be in prison for a very long time. Its a shame the guy
didn't have a armed brother there to take the threat (cop) out. smfh

[icp4life162005]

Watched this video yesterday.

Cop opened fired as he finished speaking.
Then orders his backup to cuff the dead body.

No life saving procedures were implemented. Mind you, the video was cut so you couldn't tell how long they left him there to bleed.

[Manxdriver]

*The officers immediately began life-Saving measures. Translation: say in their cars and ate donuts .

[tlnzz1]

Government sanctioned murder. No end in sight.

[jthrelf]

I watched the video yesterday, can't see it again right now, didn't the guy actually shoot into his house and only after that did the cop open fire? Or am I misremembering.

[Royinmontco]

[HanzMcFeely]

So the guy that called it in knew something about firearms…”currently its at low ready…”

Bad shoot all around and of course the officer will get a commendation and gold star, plus paid admin leave for “ptsd”