Tags:

Officials have released some of the body camera footage worn by law enforcement personnel during a fatal officer-involved shooting in Longview, Washington on New Year’s Day.

The Cowlitz County Sheriff’s Office is releasing the video along with a summary of the investigation, which they said has been completed by the Lower Columbia Major Crimes Team.

In the video, a man can be seen inside a home. There is also a woman inside the home. Officers order the man out of the house and pull him away from the home entrance.

TriMet releases footage of harrowing bus rescue on New Year’s Eve

The man, clearly in distress, then pleads with the deputies saying, “Can I please just talk to her?” He is denied the request and then pleads again, saying “please don’t hurt her,” before a woman officials identify as 29-year-old Katelynn Smith comes out of the house holding a gun.

Investigators concluded that officers fired at Smith, killing her, after she pointed a gun at them. Her gun never went off. The three officers involved fired 23 shots.