 The 22-year-old black man fatally shot by Sacramento police in his own backyard Sunday night was carrying a cellphone, not a "tool bar," when confronted by officers, the department clarified late Monday. Stephon Clark was killed in the backyard of the south Sacramento home he shared with his grandmother, grandfather and some siblings, his 25-year-old brother Stevante Clark said Monday. According to police, Stephon Clark was breaking car windows and a home glass door in South Sacramento when confronted by police in his grandparents’ backyard. Sacramento police initially said the two officers involved "feared for their safety," thinking Clark was armed. Police said instead Clark had a "object" that he "extended in front of him" while advancing towards two officers. The department said it believed initial information released about the incident was clear that the object Clark was holding when shot was not the tool bar. 01 / 05 
 
 "I know for a fact he was so scared, scared for his life," said Manni. — 
 
 SACRAMENTO (CBS13) — New details from the Sacramento Police Department were released on Tuesday about the deadly officer-involved shooting in South Sacramento over the weekend. Police said Monday night they had concluded their on-scene investigation and the only item found near Clark's body was a cellphone. “Fearing for their safety, the officers fired their duty weapon, striking the subject multiple times,” said Sacramento Police Chief Daniel Hahn. It’s not known how many struck Clark, but he was pronounced dead. Sequita Thompson, Clark's grandmother, said she was awake and sitting in the home's dining room when she heard four gunshots. Police were responding to 911 calls of robbery reports in the area. Manni has been with the man she lovingly knew as 'Zoe' for five years. Police are required to release to the public all video relating to an officer-involved shooting within 30 days of the incident. The Sacramento County District Attorney’s Office, city attorney’s office and the city Office of Public Safety Accountability will investigate the shooting, as will SPD homicide detectives, internal affairs and Crime Scene Investigation units, he said. "I am always sorry when someone loses their young life," Steinberg said. "I am also grateful that the officers were unharmed." A Sacramento High School alumnus with a fondness for sneakers, football and video games, Clark left behind two young sons, Cairo and Aiden, his family said. Many friends also referred to him as "Zoe," short for Alonzo, his middle name. “I think right now is a moment for our community,” he said afterward. Stevante Clark said the family wanted enough money to bury his younger brother next to another brother killed a few years ago, also by gun violence. "He would not want for us to be sad but to come together," said the elder Clark.
– Stephon Clark was killed by California police in his own backyard when officers fired 20 rounds at him, striking him multiple times, CBS Sacramento reports. According to the Sacramento Bee, police in Sacramento were responding Sunday night to reports of a man breaking car windows when they found Clark in his backyard. Police say the 22-year-old man at first fled before approaching officers while holding an "object" that he "extended in front of him." Police say the officers thought it was a gun and, fearing for their safety, opened fire on Clark. Police initially said the object turned out to be a "tool bar" of some kind only to later revise that: Clark was apparently holding only a cellphone. No gun was found at the scene. “I know there could have been another way. He didn’t have to die,” Clark's older brother tells CBS. "He didn't deserve it." Clark's grandmother, who lives at the home, says neither she nor her husband heard officers give Clark any orders before opening fire. Police say Clark used an object, possibly a cinder block or piece of aluminum, to break a neighbor's glass door and the windows of at least three cars in the area before he was killed. Police say they will release body camera and helicopter footage of the shooting within a week. Salena Manni, Clark's girlfriend of five years and mother of his two young children, tells KXTV he wouldn't have threatened officers. "He had too much to lose," she says. "He would never want to leave his kids."