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The Phoenix Police Department released body-cam videoes on Monday that show an officer shooting a man who had a rock in his hand and was going inside a Chili’s earlier this month. It all started when the unidentified man broke an apartment window at around 4:45 p.m. on May 9 near Seventh Street and Bell Road, police said. He then broke a nearby business window and was seen throwing bottles at drivers.

When officers found him in the parking lot, he had a river rock in his hand. The two officers wanted to use a stun gun, but he was too far away. “Drop the rock!” the main officer said. He then tells the other officer to get the stun bag gun. The man then runs off and goes across Bell Road to another shopping center. When officers caught up with him, he still had the rock in his hand. They asked him again to drop the rock, and he refused. Officers said they were concerned because drivers and shoppers were nearby. “Stun bag, get that stun bag up!” the main officer said. The man is seen shouting and putting his hands up with the rock still in his hand. “Drop the rock and get down on the ground,” the officer said.