Newly released body camera and surveillance footage shows a Los Angeles County sheriff's deputy being stabbed within seconds of arriving at a call about an armed man before deputies opened fire, fatally shooting the suspect.The Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department on Tuesday released body camera and surveillance video from the June 20 incident in a Lancaster parking lot that left a deputy wounded and 23-year-old Robert Castro shot.Castro died after the shooting.The incident began with a 911 caller reporting a man wielding multiple knives in public.WISCONSIN PROTESTER BRANDS MADISON AS 'CORRUPT CITY' DURING ANTI-POLICE TIRADE FOLLOWING DEADLY SHOOTING"Hey, I just want to make a report of a guy with some knives ...
swinging them in public," the caller told a dispatcher.Body camera footage released by the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department shows 23-year-old Robert Castro moments before authorities say he stabbed a sheriff's deputy during a June 20 encounter in Lancaster, California.(Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department)FOLLOW THE FOX TRUE CRIME TEAM ON XThe caller said Castro appeared to be "fighting with someone" while carrying a large knife and expressed concern after seeing him look toward a woman walking to a nearby bus stop.Surveillance video shows deputies arriving with emergency lights activated as Castro walked across the parking lot while still armed.VIDEO SHOWS UNDERCOVER COPS SHOOTING MAN THREATENING SHOPPERS WITH FAKE GUN IN ‘JUSTIFIED’ DEFENSE: OFFICIALSAccording to the sheriff's department, Castro suddenly changed direction before the first deputy's patrol vehicle had come to a stop, rushed toward the deputy, pulled a knife and stabbed him.A still image from deputy body camera footage released by the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department shows Robert Castro approaching an arriving deputy while holding what investigators say was one of three knives recovered at the scene.
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