Unarmed grandfather, 73, who was suffering from dementia is shot 'NINE TIMES' and killed by California cops...

A Bakersfield police officer answering a report of a man with a gun shot and killed an unarmed 73-year-old as he stood in a neighbor's driveway. The man's family said he was in the early stages of dementia.

Francisco Serna was declared dead at the scene about 1:15am Monday, the Kern County coroner said in a statement, according to Bakersfield Now.

Police had arrived at the 7900 block of Silver Birch Avenue about 12:30am, and when a witness pointed to Serna, one officer fired several rounds and killed him, Bakersfield police spokesman Sgt. Gary Carruesco tells the Los Angeles Times.

No gun was turned up in a search of the scene or Serna's house or car, Carruesco said.

Serna's son said his father had worked at a cotton gin in California's Central Valley until retiring about a dozen years ago. He lived on the block where he was killed. Full story...

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