An unhinged man paid the ultimate price after deciding to bring a knife to a gunfight with Los Angeles County deputies.
As KABC reported, the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department on Tuesday released body camera footage showing the moment sheriff’s deputies gunned down a man after he stabbed one of them in a Lancaster, California parking lot.
Per the outlet, the incident occurred on June 20.
Audio from the Sheriff’s Department shows a concerned citizen telling a dispatcher that they saw someone swinging knives in public, which prompts a police response.
Surveillance video shows three sheriff’s patrol vehicles arriving at the scene to confront the man, identified as Robert Castro.
He is seen in the footage walking away from the deputies pursuing him in a parking lot.
The first deputy arrives to confront Castro, who turns around and storms toward the police car.
As the deputy gets out of the car, Castro attacks him with a knife. Fearing for his life, the cop shoots the perp several times, causing him to collapse to the ground.
A second deputy arrives to help his partner, who has suffered a stab wound. He also fires several shots when Castro reaches for his knife on the ground.
“Don’t move, don’t move!” Stop reaching!” the policeman repeatedly yells.
Castro eventually stops moving on the ground.
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KABC reported that Castro was later taken to a hospital, where he was pronounced dead. The injured deputy was also transported to a hospital, where physicians treated his stab wound.
The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department released a statement confirming the sequence of events in the body-cam footage.
Before Deputy #1’s patrol vehicle came to a stop, Castro turned and rapidly walked in the deputy’s direction. Castro then ran at Deputy #1, drew a knife, stabbed the deputy, and Deputy #1 discharged his service weapon.
When Castro moves his hand, Deputy #2 commands him to ‘Stop reaching.’ The second deputy then opens fire.
Here is the full video:
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