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The Riverside County Sheriff's Department released body-camera footage Tuesday that shows a man pull and wave a knife moments before a deputy fatally shot him in Cabazon in November.

The deputy, whose name has not been made public, stopped Kenneth Scott Wallis because he was riding his bike on the wrong side of Carmen Avenue, west of Rafael Street, at 3:30 p.m. on Nov. 12, Sheriff Chad Bianco said in the video. Bianco said the deputy also knew Wallis had an active felony arrest warrant.

The footage shows Wallis get off his bike after being approached by the deputy. He admits to having a weapon when asked, but doesn't answer when the deputy asks what it is. The deputy tells Wallis to keep his hands out of his pockets and pulls out his gun when Wallis does not appear to comply.

Wallis then tells the deputy to shoot him, saying the sheriff's office keeps harassing him and referring to himself as "the Antichrist." He gets back on his bike to ride away, but the deputy runs after him and pushes him off.