Sonoma County Sheriff's Office releases graphic body-cam footage of officer-involved shooting

Wednesday, August 14, 2019
SANTA ROSA, Calif. (KGO) -- In the North Bay, the sheriff's department released new details about an officer-involved shooting two weeks ago.

In the video you can see deputies' first tase the man-- but it has no effect. The suspect then jumps into the patrol car and shows a knife.
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Deputies keep firing after that.

Police say this started when a Macy's employee called 911 earlier in the evening on August 1 to say a man tried to shoplift and then tried to stab them.
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Deputies later found a man who looked like the suspect a few blocks away.

The man survived the shooting and has been charged with multiple felonies. The shooting is under investigation.
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