Fresno police released body-camera video of officers fatally shooting Dylan Noble, a 19-year-old man in Central, Calif.(Photo: Associated Press)
FRESNO, Calif. -- Fresno police on Wednesday released body-camera video of officers fatally shooting a 19-year-old man, and it shows the man ignored repeated commands to stand still and show his hands.
At a news conference, Chief Jerry Dyer acknowledged the video is gruesome, but he said it was important for the public to see. He said he prays it won’t spark violence amid simmering anti-police sentiment in Fresno and elsewhere.
“Tensions are high,” Dyer said. “In some cases we are one spark away from a forest fire. And I pray this video doesn’t serve as that spark … This is not a time to become violent.”
The June 25 video shows officers pulling over Dylan Noble, who got out of his truck and walked away from and then toward two officers.
He didn’t comply with commands and then is heard saying he hates his life. One officer fired twice. Noble fell and was shot two more times while on the ground moving his arms.
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Dyer said officers believed Noble was reaching for a weapon, but it turned out he was holding a small plastic box.
The video was shown last week to Noble’s father and stepfather. His mother is seeking damages from the city for her son’s death.
The mother’s attorney, Stuart Chandler, put out a statement saying that he urged the police chief to release the video today. “We are pleased to discover from the media that Chief Dyer is belatedly providing the body camera footage to the general public,” Chandler said.
Dyer said he intended to show the video to the media last Friday, but he held off because of the shooting deaths of police in Dallas the night before.
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