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Oakland transit cop says he thought Oscar Grant was going for a gun

By theGrio

6:42 PM on 06/03/2009

TERRY COLLINS Associated Press Writer OAKLAND, California (AP) -- A transit police officer said right after fatally shooting a man on a train platform that he thought the man "was going for a gun," a fellow officer testified Wednesday. Officer Tony Pirone testified for Johannes Mehserle's defense in a preliminary...