Posted November 20, 2017 10:00 am by Comments

By Tactical-Life

A Las Vegas Police officer fired four rounds at an armed man engaged in a physical struggle with a woman outside a gas station last week, fatally wounding him. Watch the dramatic body cam footage of the shooting above.

According to the Las Vegas Sun, the incident unfolded when a citizen called 911 at 5:34 p.m. on Tuesday to report a man—who appeared to be armed—choking his wife in front of a gas station convenience store. The body cam footage starts as the unidentified officer steps out of his vehicle.

“What’s going on?” the officer yells as he sees the suspect—later identified as 41-year-old Phillip Pitts—holding his wife at gunpoint. “What’s that in your hand? Drop the gun!”

The officer then tells the wife, who is screaming throughout the entire ordeal, to get away from Pitts.

“Step away from him. Step away. Step away from him now!” the officer says before addressing Pitts again. “Step away from her!” he orders.

Pitts ignores the officer. During a press conference after the fact, Clark County Assistant Sheriff Tom Roberts said Pitts pointed the gun at his head …Read the Rest

Source:: Tactical Life

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