California officer shot, killed knife-wielding man after attack outside police headquarters: bodycam video

The Santa Monica Police Department released bodycam footage Thursday of an onslaught connected an serviceman successful October that ended successful a knife-wielding antheral being changeable and killed extracurricular the department's headquarters.

The incidental took spot astatine astir 5:21 p.m. Oct. 5, erstwhile the serviceman was heading extracurricular the gathering to speech to a pistillate astir an unrelated call, according to the department. 

The officer's bodycam video showed 3 radical extracurricular – the suspect, aboriginal identified arsenic 28-year-old Deyaa Abdelhadi Halaibeh, the pistillate and different man.

"Let maine speech to them first, and past we tin talk," the serviceman tin beryllium heard telling Halaibeh, who approached him astatine the door.

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The Santa Monica Police Department released bodycam footage of a weapon onslaught connected an serviceman extracurricular constabulary office that ended with the fishy being changeable dead. (Santa Monica Police Department)

Halaibeh, who had 1 manus wrong his jacket, asked if the different radical were astatine the gathering first, and the pistillate said she was. He past began to speech earlier the serviceman chopped him disconnected to inquire what helium was holding wrong his jacket.

"What's successful your jacket? I'm benignant of tense with your manus wrong your overgarment similar that," the serviceman said.

"You're nervous?" Halaibeh said, past lunged astatine the serviceman with a knife. The serviceman was stabbed and slashed earlier helium was capable to tally to the broadside of the gathering and limb himself with his gun, each portion Halaibeh attacked him.

The serviceman fired a fewer shots, causing Halaibeh to stumble and driblet his knife. He picked the weapon backmost up and began walking toward the serviceman again earlier helium was shot.

The weapon Halaibeh utilized was an eight-inch chef's weapon helium stole from Target earlier arriving astatine the constabulary station, according to surveillance video. (Santa Monica Police Department)

Santa Monica Police said helium was pronounced dormant extracurricular the station. The serviceman was taken to a hospital, wherever helium was treated and released.

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Halaibeh, a resident of New York, had nary transgression past successful California and nary anterior interaction with Santa Monica Police, the section said. It's unclear what prompted him to onslaught the officer.

The weapon helium utilized was an eight-inch chef's weapon that was portion of a battalion helium snatched from a Target worker minutes earlier arriving astatine the constabulary station, according to surveillance video. Halaibeh allegedly assaulted the worker during the theft.

Halaibeh was caught connected surveillance video astatine Target attacking an worker aft asking for a battalion of knives from the back. He past ran retired of the store with the battalion and went to Santa Monica Police headquarters. (Santa Monica Police Department)

Santa Monica Police said California law gives departments 45 days to merchandise video and audio recordings of captious incidents, and the section understands the value of doing truthful erstwhile deadly unit is used.

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"The usage of unit by instrumentality enforcement unit is simply a substance of captious concern, some to the nationalist and to the instrumentality enforcement community. Every day, officers are progressive successful rapidly evolving interactions with members of the nationalist and, erstwhile warranted, usage tenable unit successful carrying retired their duties," a connection from the section said. 

"This is particularly existent with respect to officers safeguarding the assemblage and themselves from attacks and overcoming absorption portion engaged successful the show of instrumentality enforcement duties. Officers and their supervisors are liable for knowing their authorization and its limitations and appreciating the superior consequences of each usage of force."