his gun is trained on sterling s head. i ll shoot you in your [ bleep ] head, you hear me? don t you [ bleep ] all right, hold up, you re hurting my arm. reporter: sterling then 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 ] previously released cell phone 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 that the officer s actions were reasonable and couldn t prove that sterling wasn t reaching for a gun. salamoni s attorney tells me they will appeal the chief s decision to fire him as a matter of principle more than anything else. as this new video circulates, sterling s family is trying to keep his five children from seeing it. the family s attorney says
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
get on the ground. pop him again, howie. before being fatally shot. previously released cell phone videos recorded bye-bye standers show it this point in the encounter salamoni believes he was armed. a gun was recovered from sterling s body. but the federal and state investigations determined the officer s actions were reasonable and come prove that sterling wasn t reaching for a gun. i just spoke with blaine salamoni s attorney who says they are appealing the police chief s decision to fire him. though, even if he is reinstated by this board, he knows he will never again be a baton rouge police officer. this is more a matter of principle as he believes he was doing on that night what he was trained to do. and ryan, as this new video circulates, alton sterling s family is trying to keep his five children from seeing it. the family s attorney says what
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