Ryan Charles Twyman was 24 and a resident of Willowbrook, California when he was shot and killed by Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department deputies on June 6, 2019. Deputies Andrew Lyons and his partner approached a parked car that matched a description tied to a felony weapons warrant. According to reports, Twyman attempted to reverse the vehicle as the deputies approached; both deputies opened fire, and when the car stopped Lyons retrieved a semiautomatic assault rifle and continued shooting. An autopsy found Twyman unarmed and shot six times, with half the wounds to his back.

Twyman’s family filed a claim against Los Angeles County alleging neither Twyman nor his passenger made aggressive or furtive movements to justify deadly force. The Sheriff’s Department initially said Twyman had tried to use the car as a weapon, and released video of the incident that intensified public outcry. What did anyone who was there see happen in those moments before the shooting?