Posted April 4, 2017 2:06 pm by Comments

By Brian Seay

Body camera footage released Friday shows a deadly police-involved shooting in Roy, Utah, earlier this year in which an officer wrestled a gun from a man before shooting him with it.
Two Roy police officers responded to a trespassing call Feb. 21 at a gas station about 30 miles north of Salt Lake City. At first, 38-year-old Nicolas Sanchez was hesitant to talk to the officers.
“What do you want to talk to me for?” he asks in the video.
“I will let you know. We got called over here on you,” one officer says, pointing to Sanchez.
“What did I do, though?” he asks. Eventually, Sanchez moves out of the entrance of the gas station and agrees to talk to the officers.
“Keep your hands out of your pockets for me,” one officer tells him.
“Oh, sorry, I ain’t got nothin’,” says Sanchez, lifting his sweatshirt. That’s when one officer spotted a gun in his waistband.
“You got a gun on you. Do not reach for it,” the officer tells him.
“Huh?” says Sanchez. One officer starts to walk towards him and tries to grab him, but Sanchez turns around and takes off.
“What are you doing, dude? What are you doing?” Sanchez asks.
A struggle ensues and 16

Source: Guns.com

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