Finally, California police released video footage showing the moment Compton police fatally shot a hatchet-wielding man in November.
The incident unfolded on November 3 last year around 12:13 p.m., when deputies received a call about a man wielding an axe.
“There’s this guy with an axe trying to walk into [business name retracted] and he’s acting like he’s going to hit somebody with it,” the caller said. “He’s swinging it, like he wants to hit somebody with it.”
Deputies were told by a victim at the scene that he was attacked by a man armed with a hatchet. The deputies conducted a search and found the armed man near the Compton Town Center Plaza.
The Towne Center is off the 91 freeway and features such stores as Best Buy, Home Depot, and Target.
“As deputies observed the suspect approaching one of the shopping stores still with the hatchet in hand, a deputy-involved shooting occurred,” according to the sheriff’s department.
Authorities finally tracked down the 46-year-old suspect, Ramiro Lozano running near a business with what was later determined to be a hatchet. One of the officers asked Lozano to stop but he did not comply.
Bodycam footage of the incident shows one officer arriving on the scene shouting “hey, stop, stop, I’m gonna shoot you!”
The officer is then heard shouting “stop right there!” Lozano is then seen running away from police before the officer fires several rapid shots, fatally striking him.
Only one deputy opened fire on the suspect, striking him an unknown number of times. The suspect was taken from the scene to a hospital, where he was pronounced dead.
Police said Lozano “sustained gunshot wounds to his torso.”
“Deputies rendered first aid to Lozano until the arrival of the Los Angeles County Fire Department Paramedics. He was transported to a local hospital where he was pronounced dead.”
There were no other persons injured in the incident. The hatchet was recovered at the scene.
Watch the video below for more details:
Source: Breaking911
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