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Video Shows Cops Kill Surrendering Man w Hands in the Air, Refutes Police Account Bexar TX Y

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EXCLUSIVE VIDEO: Fatal deputy-involved shooting. Bexar deputies shot, killed man while responding to disturbance call. ANTONIO - KSAT12 News has obtained exclusive cellphone video capturing a fatal Bexar County sheriff's deputy-involved shooting Friday in the 24400 block of Walnut Pass. <br /> <br />KSAT12 has made the editorial decision to freeze the video right before the shooting occurs that leads to the death of the suspect. <br />The video above shows the moments leading up to the fatal shots and stops just before the shots were fired. The sound from the recording continues over the freeze frame. <br /> <br />The video was obtained from Michael Thomas, who witnessed the shooting and contacted KSAT12. <br /> <br />The Incident in the 24400 block of Walnut Pass <br /> <br />Deputies responded to a report of a disturbance at 11:30 a.m. Friday. When they arrived, they found a woman bleeding from a cut on her head. She was holding a baby who appeared to possibly have been injured, sheriff's officials said. <br /> <br />The Sheriff's Office said deputies attempted to subdue the man by non-lethal means, but ultimately had to use their firearms when non-lethal means failed. <br /> <br />Thomas, a student at the University of the Incarnate Word, was in the area when he witnessed deputies chasing after a man accused of domestic violence. <br /> <br />The video shows the shirtless suspect running through the front yard of the home. <br /> <br />"I was watching and wondering, what was going on, but I couldn't figure it out. I was like, with the things going on in the world, like different type of shootings with cops and different things like that, so I was like, 'Well, maybe I can catch something with my camera,'" Thomas said. <br /> <br />The video shows the deputies follow the man to the edge of the driveway. <br /> <br />"He kind of just put his hands in the air. After he put his hands in the air, they shot him," Thomas said. <br /> <br />The man was shot twice and died a short time afterward, the sheriff's officials said. <br /> <br />The Sheriff's Office held a press conference Friday evening to address the shooting. Watch the full press conference here. <br />"Certainly what's in the video is a cause for concern, but it's important to let the investigation go through its course so that we can assure a thorough and complete review of all that occurred," Bexar County Sheriff Susan Pamerleau said. <br /> <br />Pamerleau said the suspect allegedly injured an 18-month-old child and woman who were inside the home at the time. She said the deputies tried Tasers and shields to subdue the suspect, but were unsuccessful. <br /> <br />"Two deputies attempted to arrest the individual and he resisted. They also used, tried to use, non-lethal force weapons to try and detain him and after a lengthy confrontation, both deputies fired shots," Pamerleau said. <br /> <br />Thomas said he hopes his video sheds light on the investigation. <br /> <br />"When things happen like that, I actually like to look into them and kind of see what's the real story, instead of what people are just kind of saying," he said. <br /> <br />The deputies have been placed on administrative leave during the investigation into the shooting. Both have been with the department for at least 10 years.

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