Overview

• Body-worn camera and 911 audio released Aug. 11–12 show 27-year-old Angel Montaño emerging from his Richmond home armed with two knives and advancing toward officers.
• Officers Nicholas Remick and Colton Stocking, now on administrative leave, fired their service weapons after waiting for less-lethal options to arrive but fearing someone inside was in danger.
• Family members and civil rights attorney John Burris contend that Montaño’s reported mental-health crisis called for specialized intervention rather than lethal force.
• Scrutiny of departmental oversight has intensified after revelations that Remick was involved in a February fatal shooting and faces pending excessive-force litigation.
• Richmond PD’s Investigations Bureau and the Contra Costa County district attorney’s office have opened parallel probes that may take over a year to complete.