Female officer can be heard crying on bodycam after shooting armed man

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ATLANTA — Atlanta Police released three lengthy bodycam videos Tuesday evening that show the moments before and after one of their officers shot a person Monday.

The man, who the Georgia Bureau of Investigation identified as 28-year-old Dearian Bell, died from his injuries.

GBI said APD officers received a 911 call about a domestic incident near 510 Cassanova Street Monday evening. When they arrived, Bell and his wife were inside of a vehicle.

According to GBI, Bell got a firearm out of the car, started walking around, and ignored commands.

APD released the bodycam video of three officers who were there as the situation unfolded. One of the videos is about 26 minutes long, while the two others are about an hour and 45 minutes long. 11Alive clipped a short excerpt from the video, which shows the view of one of the officers.

In the clip, you can see a person standing next to a car from afar.

"The taser not gonna stop me," the man yells.

He continues to shout as police yell "put down the gun."

Officer: Put it down!

Man: Man she not leaving!

Officer: Put it down!

The officer tells the others he is grabbing for something.

Officer: It's not a gun.

Officer: He's got a gun back in his hands. Put it down!

The man continues to yell that "she's not leaving."

The sequence of shouting and the officer yelling for him to put the gun down continues, then you hear her say, "I'm not waiting any longer if he comes any closer."

Officer: Put it down!

In the view, you can see the man walking closer. As he gets closer to a building you hear a gunshot....(Read more)

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