A 21-year-old aspiring rapper was shot dead by California cops who found him sleeping in his Mercedes-Benz at a Taco Bell drive-thru with a handgun laying in his lap.
The sleeping musician — Willie McCoy or “Willie Bo” — was allegedly shot after cops approached the vehicle and he made a sudden movement, the Vallejo Police Department said Tuesday.
Cops were called to the fast-food eatery Saturday at around 10:36 p.m. to check on a driver slumped over inside a silver Mercedes-Benz.
They said that the car was locked and the transmission was somehow in drive.
More officers arrived at the scene and police tried unsuccessfully to open the driver’s-side door.
They also moved a patrol car in front of the Mercedes and tried to move another cop vehicle behind it.
That’s when McCoy began to stir.
“The driver began to suddenly move and looked at the uniformed patrol officers,” police said in a statement.
“Officers gave the driver several commands to put his hands up. The driver did not comply and instead moved his hands downward toward the firearm.”
Six officers fired “multiple rounds” at McCoy for about four seconds, police said.
Police didn’t release the identity of the victim but a man named David Harrison confirmed to the Los Angeles Times that McCoy, his cousin and an aspiring rapper, was the person shot.
“You can’t just keep killing us in the streets like this,” Harrison said in a video posted on Facebook.
“My little cousin was asleep in the car. They shot him 20 motherf–king times in a motherf–king car — asleep.”
Police didn’t say how many times officers fired inside the car.
A .40-caliber handgun loaded with an extra magazine that had been reported stolen from Oregon was recovered from the car after the shooting, police said.
The Solano County District Attorney’s Office is investigating the shooting. The officers involved were put on administrative leave.
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