Man fatally shot by Alameda County sheriff’s deputies had object ‘designed to resemble a firearm,’ agency says

SAN LEANDRO — The unarmed man killed by Alameda County sheriff’s deputies earlier this week had been holding an object that “was designed to resemble a firearm” when he was fatally shot, the agency said Thursday.

No other details about the object were released by the Alameda County Sheriff’s Office, whose deputies have come under investigation by the California Department of Justice for their actions during the Monday morning shooting.

The encounter — which was not publicly acknowledged...