According to a news release from the Long Beach Police Department, officers received a report of a man armed with a gun on the 5200 block of Atlantic Ave around 3:15 p.m. on Nov. 19. In a later statement, police spokesman Richard Mejia said that police received a 911 text, which Boyd confirmed he had sent.

Family members of a 38-year-old man in the throes of a mental health crisis, who called 911 himself and was later shot dead by police on the steps of a Long Beach church in a gunbattle that left

Standing on the steps of their local church, where their 38-year-old brother was shot and killed, Brandon Boyd’s siblings Tuesday demanded the Long Beach Police Department quickly release body camera video and 911 call data that could shed more light on what happened on Nov. 19.

Family members of a 38-year-old man in the throes of a mental health crisis, who called 911 himself and was later shot dead by police on the steps of a Long Beach church in a gunbattle that left one officer injured,