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The District Attorney’s Office reviewed five fatal law enforcement shootings and three in-custody deaths dating back to 2024, finding that none of the police officers and sheriff’s deputies involved in those incidents bears criminal liability for their actions.
In each of the shootings, county prosecutors determined the officers and deputies were legally justified because the armed people they shot “posed an imminent threat of death or serious bodily injury” to the law enforcement personnel or bystanders, according to the findings released Friday.
Hostage-taking in Morena
San Diego police Officers Matthew Steinbach, Michael Howells and Justin Tellam were cleared in the fatal shooting of 33-year-old Nicholas Trammell on May 20, 2024. According to prosecutors, Trammell flashed a knife at a store clerk in the Morena neighborhood and then held a homeless man hostage at knifepoint. When the bystander dropped to his knees, the three officers opened fire, shooting 14 rounds at Trammell, who prosecutors said was armed with a kitchen knife and a pair of scissors.
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