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the footage was captured on de deputy body camera footage. they say that he pulled a weapon, but this is what he says now about the incident. may is mental awareness month. i hate to be the face of it, but if it is helping one single person in the world to not have to go through what me and my family have, i am okay with it. and now, can you walk us through what happened here? this all happened for a call of a wellness check, correct? that is right, sara. on may 7th, 2021, two friends of trevor mullinax called to have a wellness check to see if their buddy was okay, and they warned police that he may have a knife
addressed yesterday in the lawsuit. if a suspect pulls a weapon on a man or a woman wearing the badge that says york county sheriff s office, that situation is not going to end well for that suspect. now, mullinax was charged by state law enforcement agents with pointing and presenting a weapon. according to the lawsuit, they do not dispute that he had a hunting rifle in the truck, but at any point he raised gun, pointed it or threatened anyone there. the lawsuit alleges gross negligence and failure to de-escalate the situation. and sara, from the time they arrive and the shots are fired and handcuffing the woman who is
in the truck, and they were concerned that he was suicidal about an outstanding warrant. they reiterated it is a wellness check. this is what happened when the police were arriving on scene. this is disturbing. the woman in the video is his mother. let me see your hands. hands! [ gunshots ] reporter: now, police then handcuffed tammy beeson according to body cam that we have extensive watched at cnn and they say that according to the deputies that mullinax pulled a shotgun and pointed it at the officer, and this was