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STOCKTON (CBS13) — The Stockton Police Department released video Wednesday of a fatal officer-involved shooting that happened past period successful beforehand of the department’s headquarters.
The shooting happened connected December 8 astir 8:30 p.m. successful the parking batch successful beforehand of the Stockton Police Department Operations Building astatine 22 E. Market Street. Stockton constabulary said they responded to reports of the fishy firing disconnected shots successful the parking lot.
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Police accidental they got 2 calls astir a antheral successful the constabulary department’s parking batch reportedly firing a gun. A full of six officers past went retired done the beforehand lobby doors to investigate.
Officers accidental the fishy started walking towards them and screaming. He was equipped with a handgun, constabulary say.
The video, which tin beryllium seen successful afloat below, released connected Facebook by the constabulary section features surveillance footage, assemblage cam footage and dispatch audio.
The surveillance footage from the gathering shows a shirtless antheral with his manus successful the aerial firing what appears to beryllium a weapon successful beforehand of the lobby doors.
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Bodycam footage captured officers demanding the fishy “get connected the ground” and “let spell of your gun.” astatine the extremity of the archetypal assemblage cam clip, the fishy is seen lasting up and charging successful the absorption of the officers.
A antithetic officer’s assemblage cam captured the aforesaid moments from a antithetic angle. Shortly aft the fishy began charging toward them, the officers began firing disconnected respective shots, striking the fishy aggregate times earlier helium falls to the ground.
Police accidental the fishy was pronounced dormant astatine the scene. He was aboriginal identified by a San Joaquin County coroner arsenic Angelo Weitz, 40, of Stockton.
No officers were wounded successful the incident.
“Unfortunately, we’re seeing much cases similar this, not conscionable successful our country — whether it beryllium ambushes oregon assaults connected constabulary officers oregon their gathering oregon operations buildings. We’ve been seeing an summation of this truly nationally and it’s highly concerning,” Stockton Police Chief Eric Jones said successful December.
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The suspect’s weapon was besides recovered astatine the country with 1 slug near inside.
CBS13 Staff
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