Modesto Police Release Bodycam Footage Of Deadly Shooting After Family Announces Legal Action

MODESTO — The Modesto Police Department released body camera footage Tuesday of a deadly shooting just hours after the family of the man involved announced legal action.
Police officers confronted Paul Chavez Jr. in front of a home on Entrada Way back on the evening of July 14 during a family disturbance. Police say he was holding a tow hitch and they ordered him to drop it.
“Put that down or you’re going to get tased,” one officer can be heard saying in the video.
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