[kellyhound]

San Francisco Police Department officials on Monday released police body camera and video surveillance footage showing the moment several officers fatally shot a man armed with two airsoft guns at San Francisco International Airport earlier this month.

The fatal police shooting killed 37-year-old N. S. and unfolded on the morning of Jan. 20, just outside the BART Station at the airport's International Terminal.

S. was allegedly armed with a knife, as well as the two airsoft guns. Unlike firearms, airsoft guns shoot plastic pellets.

During a standoff with police and a San Mateo County Sheriff's Office hostage negotiator, S.allegedly told the officers to shoot him, according to police.

He allegedly put one of the weapons down at some point. Despite officers' orders for him to put down the second weapon, S. allegedly approached officers with his arm raised. Four officers then shot at S, causing him to the fall to the ground.

After officers moved the handgun away from his body, paramedics tried to resuscitate him, but he was pronounced dead at the scene.

A male bystander suffered a wound to his leg and he was taken to the hospital for his non-life-threatening injury, police said.

Police have identified the involved SFPD officers as officers Erik Whitney, Oliver Lim, Steven Uang, and David Wakayama.

"On behalf of all us at the department, our sincerest condolences to Mr. S, his family, his friends, and his loved ones for the loss of life they've suffered," Police Chief Bill Scott said during the town hall meeting.

The California Department of Justice is conducting a criminal investigation and independent review, since the shooting is being investigated as an officer-involved shooting of an unarmed person, as an airsoft gun is not considered a deadly weapon.

"We will be the filing authority for any criminal charges related to officer-involved shootings, which we are the lead investigators," California DOJ Chief John Marsh said. "This investigation has just started."

In addition, the San Francisco Police Department's Internal Affairs Division, the San Francisco Department of Police Accountability, and the San Mateo County Coroner's Office are all conducting their own investigations.

"It is too early to draw any conclusions. At this point, we just put the facts out," Scott said. "It is when the administrative and criminal investigations (are finished) when conclusions are drawn. And we can take whatever modifications, if anything, and move forward to make those modifications."

[SolonJhee]

That guy was an idiot but I also think those cop shots were a bit premature? That guy obviously was possessed by a demon!

[GlowingGhoul]

Decided to commit suicide by cop. Simple as that. Nothing unreasonable about shooting him.

[HYPRTCKR]

~ The guy was waiting for it to happen just the way it happened.
~ I think he wasn't about to waste money on more expensive weapons, since just about any cheapo weapon would do, to taunt the usual overzealous & trigger happy officers.
~ He proved his point.

[docfr8]

Angry Asian with a knife and what appears to Akimbo style dual weld Beretta 9mms airsoft copies.. Too much video games and shark fin soup

[Faust]

Actually that could be the lyrics for a Drake song:

" when you at the airport playing air soft, the cops will make you Die Hard,
2."

[Steve]

He got what he wanted.

[lion]

Poor fool

[6800ultra]

I thought they gonna make swiss cheese out of him, but there was a lot of restrain from the police.

Tried to talk him out of it - didnt work
Tried the 40mm a couple of times - didn't work
Got two shots off - supect went down and they stopped firing for a second
Suspect pointed his gun at them - they finished it...

Looked pretty clean to me. Only thing that bugged me was the bystanders in the back - were they hiding or sleeping? Who sleeps through something like this???

I hope (especially as someone who works at an airport) that this doesn't attract other suicidal person into doing the same. I mean doing this you get a guranteed shit ton if barrels pointed at you, cause the cops gonna fear the worst.

I'm sure other police forces, simply due to the nature of being at an airport, wouldn't have that kind of restraint showed in this incident.

[bike1941]

27 minutes first video and about 21 minutes second video so you dont have to sit through fucking people telling him to put it down over and over...