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Early Sunday evening, San Leandro police identified&nbsp;the man who was killed as 33-year-old Steven Demarco Taylor of San Leandro.&nbsp; A&nbsp;man is dead after he was shot Saturday afternoon by San Leandro police inside a Walmart. The shooting, which remains&nbsp;under investigation, happened just after 3 p.m. Saturday. Witnesses&nbsp;tell KTVU there were at least 100 shoppers inside the store at the time. Early Sunday evening, San Leandro police identified&nbsp;the man who was killed as 33-year-old Steven Demarco Taylor of San Leandro.&nbsp; KTVU's Greg Liggins reports. Video&nbsp;posted on social media shows the tense moments before Taylor, an African-American man holding a baseball bat, was shot by an officer. Police&nbsp;say one officer unsuccessfully used a taser to put Taylor down. When Taylor would not comply to put the bat down, he was shot and struck with the electric stun gun again, police said. “So&nbsp;there were two taser deployments and one fired shot from a firearm. The suspect was hit in the upper torso and he was pronounced deceased at the scene,” said San Leandro Police Lt. Ted Henderson. “All&nbsp;I [saw]&nbsp;was blood dripping everywhere,” said a witness who wanted to remain anonymous. Police&nbsp;say the initial call was for a robbery but upon arrival, officers determined no robbery was in progress. After&nbsp;the sound of gunfire, one shopper said some people frantically ran for cover, thinking it was an active shooter situation. “Not&nbsp;knowing what’s going on you get kind of a lot of emotions, lotta fear. You kind of want to cry just kind of based on the history that we have with active shooters,” said another anonymous witness. Police&nbsp;say they believe Taylor obtained the bat from inside the store. Video&nbsp;from Walmart and officer body cams will be viewed in the investigation. Police&nbsp;say they don't know why Taylor was wielding the bat or why he refused to put it down, only&nbsp;that officers found the suspect’s behavior threatening. “You&nbsp;have a subject inside of a Walmart brandishing a bat, you can certainly swing it at individuals inside the store, customers so there's a threat there,”&nbsp; Henderson said. Police&nbsp;say the officer that fired the fatal shot is a 25-year veteran of law enforcement. He&nbsp;has been put on administrative leave, which is normal protocol when an officer-involved shooting is under investigation. The family of Taylor has retained federal civil rights attorney, Lee Merritt. In a statement released Sunday, the attorneys said&nbsp;police officers were not justified in using deadly force. All the news you need to know, every day By clicking Sign Up, I confirmthat I have read and agreeto the and .

Early Sunday evening, San Leandro police identified&nbsp;the man who was killed as 33-year-old Steven Demarco Taylor of San Leandro.&nbsp; A&nbsp;man is dead after he was shot Saturday afternoon by San Leandro police inside a Walmart. The shooting, which remains&nbsp;under investigation, happened just after 3 p.m. Saturday. Witnesses&nbsp;tell KTVU there were at least 100 shoppers inside the store at the time. Early Sunday evening, San Leandro police identified&nbsp;the man who was killed as 33-year-old Steven Demarco Taylor of San Leandro.&nbsp; KTVU's Greg Liggins reports....

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