Analysis of information sources in references of the Wikipedia article "Killing of Willie McCoy" in English language version.
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Willie's older brother ... doesn't know why his brother may have been slumped over, but says the rapper had being[sic] touring and was exhausted.
Mr McCoy's cousin ... said [McCoy] had finished up a session in a recording studio before he drove to the Taco Bell.
McCoy's family said the rapper, whose stage name was Willie Bo, had been in the recording studio in the days leading up to his fatal encounter with police and had likely been so exhausted that he'd fallen asleep while waiting to order food.
'He's got a gun in his lap. The magazine's half out, so he's only got one shot if he shoots. Door looks unlocked,' said an officer. 'I'm thinking we snatch him out.'
Neither McCoy's face nor the weapon are clearly visible, but one officer says he notices the gun with a magazine half out, so at the most it would have one bullet that could have been fired.
[A lawyer for McCoy's family] said McCoy, 20, had been recording at a family member's home when he decided to go to a Taco Bell restaurant late in the evening.
Vallejo Police Chief Andrew Bidou announced his retirement Wednesday amid growing criticism of the Police Department's conduct just over a month after officers killed a local man in a Taco Bell drive-thru... In recent years, the department's conduct has been the focus of protests, wrongful-death claims by mourning family members of relatives killed by Vallejo police officers, and other legal claims. ... This year, the department was again met with community protests after six Vallejo police officers shot and killed a local man who had been passed out behind the wheel of a vehicle in a Taco Bell drive-through line on [February] 9. Vallejo police said officers opened fire when Willie McCoy, 21, woke up and reached for a gun on his lap. McCoy's family publicly criticized the officer's use-of-force and filed a wrongful death claim, claiming Vallejo police's decision to open fire on a man still groggy and regaining consciousness was excessive and avoidable.
[McCoy] had recently returned from a tour with his group and was likely fatigued that evening, said ... Willie's cousin.
