Police in El Cajon, California, fatally shoot black man

A black man was fatally shot by police in El Cajon, California, on Tuesday afternoon, after officers responded to a call saying that he was "not acting like himself" and endangering himself by walking in traffic.

Officers say Alfred Orlango, 30, "failed to comply" when they arrived on the scene, and allegedly kept his hands in his pockets as he paced around. He then "rapidly drew an object from his front pants pocket, placed both hands together, and extended them rapidly toward the officer," police say. One of the officers responded by discharging a Taser, while the other officer shot the man multiple times.

Orlango was transported to a hospital, where he was pronounced dead. Police have since determined that Orlango was not armed, The San Diego Union-Tribune reported.

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Friends say Orlango was "mentally ill and had a mental breakdown that caused him to act out in the minutes leading up to the shooting," The San Diego Union-Tribune reported. The woman who called police claimed she mentioned in the call that Orlango was mentally ill.

A crowd of about 200 people gathered at the scene of the shooting Tuesday night in protest.