Overview

• Officers responded to a Sept. 3 911 report of a stabbing at a Santa Clara residence, after which Mohammed Nizamuddin was taken to a hospital and pronounced dead, while his injured roommate remains under treatment.
• Police Chief Cory Morgan says the first responding officer fired four rounds as Nizamuddin raised a knife to strike, and investigators recovered two knives at the scene.
• The Santa Clara Police Department and the Santa Clara County District Attorney’s Office are conducting an active joint investigation, and no body-camera footage has been released publicly.
• Nizamuddin’s family in Mahabubnagar say they learned of his death more than a week later and have asked External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar for help to bring his remains home, with India’s San Francisco consulate pledging consular assistance.
• Relatives dispute elements of the police account and cite his recent LinkedIn posts alleging racial discrimination, harassment, wage fraud and wrongful termination in calling for a transparent probe.