the police department released four videos from the nice of the shooting including this this surveillance footage from the convenience store. that is sterling at the front of the store sitting at a table where he is selling cds. he is seen conducting a transaction with an unidentified man. he pulls a gun from his pocket followed by money from the same pocket. within seconds, sterling is seen making a shooting motion towards the man jokingly. that night police were called to the convenience store responding to a 911 call from a witness who saw a man with a gun. watch closely as things escalate quickly. from his perspective, you can see a brief struggle. then the gun is trained on sterling s head. don t you move, i ll shoot you in your head. you hear me? don t you move! don t move! all right. hold up. you re hurting my arm. sterling was then pinned to the ground and tased twice. get on the ground.
conducting a transaction with an unidentified man. here he removes what appears to be a gun from his pocket 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 salamoni s perspective, you can see a brief struggle, then his gun is trained on sterling s head. don t you [ bleep ]. i ll 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. previously released cell phone videos recorded by bystanders show at this point in the encounter salamoni believed sterling was armed. he s got a gun!
professionalism, and organizational standards. reporter: the police chief making it clear their administrative administration was separate from the federal criminal charges both officers were already cleared of. the police department released four videos from the night of the shooting, including this surveillance footage from the triple s convenience store. that s sterling at the front of the store, sitting at a table where he s selling cd s. minutes into the tape, he s seen conducting a transaction with an unidentified man. here he removes what appears to be a gun from his front pocket followed by money from the same pocket. within seconds sterling is seen jokingly making a shooting motion towards 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 salamoni s perspective, you can see a brief struggle. then his gun is trained on sterling s
pocket followed by money from the same pock, and then sterling is seen jokingly making a shooting motion no the man. and then police responded to the super s store who saw a man with a gun. watch how things escalate quickly. from salamoni s perspective, you see that he has his gun trained on his head. don t you shoot me. don t you shoott me. hold up. you are hurting h my arm. reporter: then sterling was pinned to the ground and tased twice. get on the ground. get on the ground. are pop him again, howie. before being fatally shot. previously released cell phone videos recorded by theby standers show that sal ashgtamo believed he was armed.
gun from the front pocket. and then he jokingly makes a shooting motion towards the man. that night police were initially called to the convenience store responding to a 911 call from a witness who saw a man with a gun. watch closely as things escalate quickly. from salsalamoni s perspective,u can see a brief struggle and then his gun is trained on sterling s head. [ bleep ] shoot you in the head. [ bleep ]. reporter: he was pinned to the ground and tased twice. get on the ground! reporter: before being fatally shot. previously released cellphone videos recorded by bystanders show at this point in the encounter salamoni believed sterling was armed. a gun was recovered from sterling s body. but the federal and state investigations determined the officers actions were