PASADENA, Calif. -- Prosecutors say they will not file charges against a 911 caller in the shooting of an unarmed Pasadena teenager.
Oscar Carrillo, 26, was arrested last Wednesday for involuntary manslaughter in the death of 19-year old Kendrec McDade.
It started when Carrillo told a 911 operator that two young men "put a gun" in his face and stole his laptop computer.
The 911 recording shows Carrillo repeatedly told the operator that the two men who robbed him had guns.
"Did you remember anything about the gun?" the dispatcher asks. Carrillo responds: "Both have a gun ma'am."
The 911 operator clarified the point with Carrillo, asking, "So they both had a gun?" He replied, "Yes, I know they both have a gun."
Pasadena Police Chief Philip Sanchez says when the officers caught up with McDade, they were under the impression that he was armed.
That's why, Sanchez says, when McDade reached for his waistband, the officers opened fire, believing he was reaching for a gun.
Paramedics rushed McDade to a hospital, where he was pronounced dead.
The officers -- identified as Jeffery Newlen and Mathew Griffin -- are now on paid administrative leave pending an investigation into the shooting.
McDade's 17-year-old alleged accomplice was charged with two felony counts of commercial burglary and one felony count of grand theft.
Carrillo is still being held on an immigration hold.
But as far as the shooting itself, L.A. County prosecutors have referred the case back to police for further investigation.
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