LOS ANGELES — The Los Angeles Police Department released video of a deadly officer-involved shooting that took place near a treatment center, KABC reported.
The Jan. 11 incident began when police responded to a report of a stabbing at a residential treatment facility, according to the report.Surveillance footage from the facility’s kitchen shows a man stabbing a staff member in the face.
When officers arrived, the suspect exited the building holding a knife and advanced toward them. Police initially fired multiple rounds from a beanbag shotgun in an attempt to subdue him, video shows.
Although he went down momentarily, bodycam footage shows him getting back up. The officer again struck him with the less lethal gun. The man fell to the ground once more before getting up and moving toward the officers.
Officers then fired their weapons, fatally shooting him.
The man was transported to a hospital, where he was pronounced dead, according to the report. The stabbing victim was also hospitalized and later discharged. The use of force remains under investigation.
Week-by-week tallies show the officer also put in for OT on days he called out “sick in family” and “sick with pay”
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The man fired at officers responding to a 911 call before driving away to ambush another officer at a different location; he then ran to a house, where he was killed
John Lee McCoy III, who previously served time for drug trafficking, shot Officers Christopher Reese and Cameron Girvin before dying from a self-inflicted gunshot wound
