Bodycam shows Los Angeles County deputy stabbed seconds after arriving at knife attack

Newly released assemblage camera and surveillance footage shows a Los Angeles County sheriff's lawman being stabbed wrong seconds of arriving astatine a telephone astir an equipped antheral earlier deputies opened fire, fatally shooting the suspect.

The Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department connected Tuesday released assemblage camera and surveillance video from the June 20 incidental successful a Lancaster parking batch that near a lawman wounded and 23-year-old Robert Castro shot. Castro died aft the shooting.

The incidental began with a 911 caller reporting a antheral wielding aggregate knives successful public.

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"Hey, I conscionable privation to marque a study of a feline with immoderate knives ... swinging them successful public," the caller told a dispatcher.

Body camera footage released by the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department shows 23-year-old Robert Castro moments earlier authorities accidental helium stabbed a sheriff's lawman during a June 20 brushwood successful Lancaster, California. (Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department)

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The caller said Castro appeared to beryllium "fighting with someone" portion carrying a ample weapon and expressed interest aft seeing him look toward a pistillate walking to a adjacent autobus stop.

Surveillance video shows deputies arriving with exigency lights activated arsenic Castro walked crossed the parking batch portion inactive armed.

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According to the sheriff's department, Castro abruptly changed absorption earlier the archetypal deputy's patrol conveyance had travel to a stop, rushed toward the deputy, pulled a weapon and stabbed him.

A inactive representation from lawman assemblage camera footage released by the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department shows Robert Castro approaching an arriving lawman portion holding what investigators accidental was 1 of 3 knives recovered astatine the scene. (Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department)

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The wounded lawman past drew his work limb and opened fire.

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The lawman activated his assemblage camera aft firing his weapon, but the camera's pre-event signaling diagnostic captured the 60 seconds starring up to the stabbing without audio.

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A 2nd deputy's assemblage camera captured him arriving arsenic the archetypal lawman fired his weapon.

Surveillance video released by the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department shows deputies arriving astatine the country earlier investigators accidental Robert Castro abruptly charged toward an arriving lawman and stabbed him. (Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department)

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The video shows Castro connected the crushed arsenic the lawman checked connected his wounded colleague. When Castro moved 1 of his hands, the lawman repeatedly yelled, "Stop reaching," earlier opening occurrence again.

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The Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department released images of 2 knives recovered aft authorities accidental 23-year-old Robert Castro stabbed a sheriff's lawman during a June 20 confrontation successful Lancaster, California. (Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department)

Deputies rendered aesculapian assistance to Castro until Los Angeles County Fire Department unit arrived. Castro was transported to a hospital, wherever helium was aboriginal pronounced dead.

Authorities said Castro was equipped with 3 knives, including the 1 investigators accidental helium utilized to stab the deputy.

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The wounded lawman was hospitalized for treatment. No different deputies oregon civilians were injured.

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The California Department of Justice is investigating the shooting, arsenic required nether authorities instrumentality for officer-involved fatalities.

The sheriff's section said it released the video earlier the probe was implicit "in the involvement of transparency with the assemblage we serve."