Overview

• Body-worn camera footage shows 26-year-old Osean McClintock wrestling a gun away from a female Fountain Valley police officer during a confrontation on January 24.
• After seizing the weapon, McClintock ignored commands to drop it and entered a police vehicle, prompting a second officer to fire 10 rounds, killing him on the scene.
• The incident began when police responded to a call about a man attempting to open a car door near Kazuo Masuda Middle School in Fountain Valley.
• The Fountain Valley Police Department released the footage in mid-May, sparking public scrutiny and official investigations into the use of deadly force.
• Both the Orange County District Attorney’s Office and the Fountain Valley Police Department are conducting investigations, with the officers’ identities withheld during the ongoing administrative review.