Man Shoots Self – Accuses Black Man of Shooting Him

On February 1, 2014, 34 year-old Brent Thomas Posada of Redding, California went to Shasta Regional Medical Center reporting that he was a gunshot victim.   Posada claimed that he was standing on the sidewalk outside his home in the 100 block of Hilltop Drive when a man approached him and pointed a handgun at his head.  Posada described the alleged suspect as a Black male, 6 feet tall, 185 pounds, in his late 20s and wearing a black hoodie-style sweatshirt, blue jeans and black, high-top shoes with silver stripes.

According to Posada, he pushed the suspects arm and the gun went off hitting him in the stomach.