followed by money from the same pocket. within seconds, sterling is seen jokingly making a shooting motion toward the man. that night police were initially called to the triple-s convenience store responding to a 911 call from a witness who saw a man with a gun. watch closely as things escalate quickly. from salimony s perspective, you can see a brief struggle, then his gun is trained on sterling s head. i m going to shoot you in your [ bleep ] head. you hear me? don t you [ bleep ] move. all right. hold up. hold up. you re hurting my arm. narrator: sterling was pinned to the ground and tased twice. get on the ground! get on the ground! pop him again, howie! reporter: before being fatally shot. [ gunshots ] reporter: previously released cell phone videos recorded by bystanders show at this point in the encounter salimony believed sterling was armed. he s got a gun! reporter: a gun was recovered from sterling s body. but the federal and state