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Video: Calif. PD releases new footage, details in fatal shooting of armed man charging cop

The officer fired his weapon multiple times as he fell over a curb

By Police1 Staff

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. — Police released another video of the fatal shooting of a knife-wielding suspect who charged a detective at an Amtrak station, BakersfieldNow reported.

The suspect, 45-year-old Jamie Clark Long, charged Detective John Bildt with a knife while the officer backpedaled with his firearm raised.

Bildt fired his weapon multiple times as he fell over a curb and fatally shot Long.

According to police reports Long had been threatening employees at the station with a knife and began to charge them when Bildt stepped in to confront the suspect.

Bildt is a 14-year-veteran.

An investigation is ongoing.