The St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department released cell phone video of Tuesday’s shooting of a 25-year-old man just miles away from Ferguson, Mo. Warning: Video is extremely graphic.
St. Louis police on Wednesday released a cell phone video that showed the confrontation with officers that left a 25-year-old man dead.
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Officials identified the man as Kajieme Powell. Investigation into his death is ongoing, and the two officers who shot him are on administrative duty, St. Louis Metropolitan Police Chief Sam Dotson said.
Officers arrived at the scene after Powell took items from a store, Dotson said. When the clerk told him he needed to pay, he became agitated and started throwing things.
The encounter was captured on surveillance video inside the store, and it also prompted one man to follow him with a cell phone camera.
911 callers said Powell had taken two energy drinks and doughnuts. He was "upset" outside the store, and he had a knife.
"I don't know what he's getting ready to do," a woman said.
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