SAN ANTONIO – Authorities have released body camera footage of an officer-involved shooting after a suspect crashed into a lake and threatened an officer with a knife, News4SA reported.
The Feb. 15 incident began when the suspect drove onto a walking trail with several pedestrians nearby before crashing into the lake, according to the report.
Video shows the responding officer, a nine-year San Antonio Parks Police Department veteran, approaching the vehicle, which remained mostly out of the water on a grassy bank. Bystanders told the officer that they saw one person in the car.
Video then shows the man climbing out of the vehicle and attempting to walk up the bank. He fell into the water once as the officer instructed him to hold onto the vehicle and asked if there was anyone else inside.
As he got closer to the officer, the officer noticed that he had a knife protruding from his pocket.
“You have a knife in your pocket buddy,” she can be heard saying. “Put it down, throw it down!”
The man instead pulled the knife from his pocket and started to walk toward the officer. The officer backed away while continuing to instruct the man to drop the knife.
As the man raised the knife in the air and began to wave it around, the officer fired one shot, striking the subject. He bent over after being struck but did not drop the knife.
“Stop, stop! Put the knife down!” the officer yelled as the man continued to move toward her with the knife in hand.
The officer then fired an additional shot, bringing the man to the ground.
The suspect was taken to a hospital before being arrested and charged with aggravated assault against a public servant, according to the report.
