jokingly making a shooting moegts toward t motion toward the man. that night police responded 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 and then his gun is trained on sterling s head. [ bleep ]. reporter: sterling was tased twice. get on the ground! reporter: before being fatally shot. previously released sell phone videos recorded by bystanders show at this point salamoni believed sterling was armed. a gun was recovered from sterling s body. but the federal and state investigations determined that the officer s actions were reasonable and couldn t prove
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
three-day suspension. one officer did not follow the tactic, training, professionalism and organization of standards. reporter: the police chief making it clear their administrative investigation was separate from the federal criminal charges both officers were already cleared of. the police department released four videos from night of the shooting including this surveillance footage from the convenience store. that s sterling at the front of the store, sitting at a table where he s selling cds. 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 sss convenience store responding to a 911 call from a witness who saw a man with a gun. watch quickly as things escalate quickly. from salamoni s perspective, you can see a
jokingly making a shooting motion towards the man. that night, police were initially called to the sss 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 ] shoot you in the [ bleep ] head, you hear me? all right, hold up, you re hurting mile arm. reporter: sterling was pinned to the ground and tazed twice. get on the ground. get on the ground. pop him again, howie. reporter: before being fatally shot. [ gunfire ] previously released cell phone videos show at this point in the encounter salamoni believed sterling was arming. a gun was recovered from sterling s body. but the federal and state investigations determined that the officer s actions were reasonable and couldn t prove that sterling wasn t reaching