Police in Las Vegas fatally shot an innocent man in the head after responding to reports of break-in, unaware that he was the person who had called 911.

Brandon Durham, 43, was fighting off a female intruder who was brandishing a knife at him when an officer shot him multiple times.

The incident occurred on Tuesday November 12, after Durham called emergency services at 12.40am to report that people were firing guns and attempting to break into his property.

According to Las Vegas Metro Police Assistant Sheriff Dori Koren, Durham was home with his 15-year-old daughter, Bella, at the time.

Officers responded to the scene to find cars with broken windows outside.

Bodycam footage shared by LVMPD shows officers then kicking down the door to Durham’s home as screams are heard coming from inside.

In the footage, released on Thursday, Officer Alexander Bookman, 26, enters the property and rounds the corner of the hallway to find Durham wrestling for control of a knife with 31-year-old Alejandra Boudreaux.

Bodycam footage showed the moment that Brandon Durham, 43, was fighting off a female intruder who was brandishing a knife at him when an officer shot him multiple times

Police said they believe Boudreaux and Durham had a prior relationship and that the break-in was not random.

Bookman told the pair to drop the knife before shooting Durham once.

In the footage, both Durham and Boudreaux are seen falling to the floor before Bookman fires five more shots into Durham’s body.

Koren said that life-saving measures were attempted on Durham, but he was pronounced dead at the scene.

Asked why the officer fired the additional rounds, Koren said officers were often asked to make quick decisions based on their perceptions of threats and that it “wasn’t appropriate” to speculate on specifics.