PHOENIX — Police released bodycam footage of an officer-involved shooting that left a 36-year-old man dead in south Phoenix on Aug. 31.
Warning: The video posted in the link by the Phoenix Police Department contains graphic images. Viewer discretion is advised.
Footage shows the man, Efrain Hidalgo, resisting arrest from two Phoenix Police officers before pulling out a knife, forcing police to back off and then fire at him.
Approximately nine shots rang out from the officer, who was described as a two-year veteran of the South Mountain Precinct.
What led to the officer-involved shooting?
Officers attempted to pull Hidalgo over for riding a bike without a headlight when he attempted to flee.
He then stopped near 20th Street and Southern Avenue when officers were able to catch up to him.
Once they caught up to him, he attempted to flee again but only made it a couple of feet before he was tackled to the ground.
No officers were injured in the ensuing struggle.
Traffic was restricted for the incident and an investigation was taken over by the Arizona Department of Public Safety.
It will be reviewed by the Maricopa County Attorney’s Office.
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