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Oildale, California, United States

What started as another yard sale ended when Cole Jackson Hughes was shot outside his Oildale home.

The Kern County Sheriff's Office released body camera video of the shooting of the 53-year-old father of six and husband to Lynn Hughes.

“He had been drinking a little bit, we were having a yard sale and he got a little mouthy. He's done it before,” Hughes said. “The [deputies] got called out here and it escalated into something it never should've escalated into.”

A Critical Incident Review video produced by the department shows it was Hughes who called deputies in the first place.

“I need the police out here,” said the caller.

“What's the problem?” asked the dispatcher.

“My husband is putting his hands on me,” said the caller.

She then called a second time.

“Yes my husband has a weapon now, can somebody please come out,” said the caller.

“What kind of weapon does he have?” asked the dispatcher.

“He has a gun and he has an ax,” said the caller.

Deputies arrived and repeatedly asked Cole Hughes to put down the rifle, which actually was a pellet hunting rifle. The Mobile Evaluation Team, which assesses mental health, and the SWAT team were called, but didn't arrive before the shooting.

The body camera video shows 20 minutes passed during the standoff.

“Put the rifle down”, say the deputies repeatedly.

The video shows neighbors ignoring instructions to evacuate, even walking near the line of fire. That made it more urgent to end the situation, the Sheriff's Department said. Hughes is seen standing up and raising the rifle, the moment the shooting started.

“He's grabbing it…” say the deputies, referring to the rifle.

Deputy Nicholas Rocha shot Cole from a house across the street with a rifle. Cole died in the hospital a day after the shooting.

Rocha was the only deputy who fired.

He was also involved in another fatal shooting back in 2021, which was ruled justified.

https://www.kget.com/ois/man-shot-killed-by-deputies-in-oildale-had-pellet-rifle-wife-said-he-had-a-gun/