A shooting stance

A San Diego suburb braced for more protests Wednesday after the shooting death of a black man by police who was reportedly acting erratically and assumed what officers called a "shooting stance" in the encounter.Officers were called around 2 p.m. PT Tuesday to the Broadway Village Shopping Center in El Cajon, California about 15 miles northeast of San Diego, after hearing reports of an uncooperative person walking into traffic. El Cajon Police Chief Jeff Davis said at a news conference: "At one point the male rapidly drew an object from his front pants pocket placed both hands together on it and extended it rapidly towards the officer taking what appeared to be a shooting stance, putting the object in the officer's face.At this time one of the officers discharged his Taser in an effort to subdue the subject. Simultaneously the officer who had the object pointed at him discharged his firearm, striking the male.Another protest was scheduled for 9 a.m. PT at the El Cajon Police headquarters that would feature speakers from local churches. 

He did not say what the object was but acknowledged it was not a weapon. Davis said investigators were reviewing the video and other video recovered from the scene, which so far coincided with the officers' statements.Authorities said officers provided first aid on the scene and took the man to a local hospital, where he was pronounced dead.Officers described him as an African American in his 30s. The man was named by some media as Alfred Olango, 30. The shooting incident comes days after protests broke out in Charlotte, N.C., and Tulsa, Okla.