Armed suspect harboring missing female minor gets shot
This footage comes from Knoxville, Tennessee, and shows Special Operations Squad (SOS) police recovering a missing child and serving an arrest warrant on the man suspected of hiding her. When the point man moves forward to effect his arrest, the suspect produces a handgun, at which point he is shot in extreme close proximity to the arresting officer and the minor. While the bodycam footage is censored, due to the sensitive nature of the material, viewer discretion is advised. Following up on intel gathered by detectives the Special Crimes division, SOS (Why "SOS" and not "SWAT" or "ERT", I don't know) served warrants for the arrest of one Angel Menendez, 46 years of age, for harboring a minor (15 years of age), contributing to her delinquency, and for the theft of a firearm. In what is probably an attempt to contain Menendez before he can reach the gun, the point man moves quickly in an attempt to get control. However, this is an extremely risky move. Two other SOS officers in the stack had coverage and fired on Menendez when he reached the handgun. Seconds after this occurred, the minor tried to attack another officer with a knife, but only managed to hit his helmet. Despite aid rendered, Menendez was declared dead on-scene. The minor was charged for this assault and taken to an area hospital for evaluation.
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