Louisiana police shoot and kill a black man 'with a knife' at a gas station as he walks away from them and ignores their instructions to get on the ground after 911 disturbance call
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Police in Lafayette, Louisiana fired 11 shots at a suspect on Friday night
Witnesses say the man had a knife, and that a taser seemed to have no effect
Cops were called to a disturbance and pursued the man on foot for half a mile
They opened fire as he was about to enter an occupied Shell gas station
Louisiana State Police are conducting an independent investigation
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Published: 10:40 EDT, 22 August 2020 | Updated: 11:58 EDT, 22 August 2020
Police in Louisiana have fatally shot a black man who allegedly had a knife, after he ignored orders to stop and walked away from them towards the entrance of a gas station convenience store.
Bystander video captured the shooting, which unfolded around 8pm on Friday in Lafayette, at a Shell gas station at the intersection of Northeast Evangeline Thruway and Chalmette Drive.
The video shows witnesses shouting 'he got a knife' and 'they gonna shoot him' as the man marches swiftly away from cops and toward the entrance of the Shell station. 'Get on the ground!' one witness is heard pleading in vain.
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