warning the following video may be disturbing to some viewers viewer discretion is advised information sergeant with the tucson police department this critical incident briefing details a recent officer-involved shooting that occurred in jesse owens park investigations involving the use of force specifically when an officer discharges their firearm can take a significant amount of time investigators are tasked with reviewing body-worn camera footage interviewing multiple witnesses examining forensic evidence and reviewing hundreds of pages of transcripts and reports this investigation is ongoing and may give rise to additional facts this briefing is not meant to draw conclusions about whether the officer's acts were consistent with our policies and the law which can only be done when all the facts are known and the investigation is complete the images and video you are about to see a graphic viewer discretion is advised on june 4th 2021 at approximately 8 13 p.m a tucson police k9 officer relayed via radio that he had been flagged down by a female victim who reported that a male had threatened to stab her and that she felt her life was in danger other officers arrived as well as air support the officers learned from the female that the man who had threatened her was on parole and she believed he was on the run he threatened to stop the female here in lunch better at approximately 8 34 p.m an officer relayed over the radio that they had found the subject holding a knife tucked in west side of the park building a knife one officer requested less lethal tools that fire non-lethal munitions such as bean bags or foam rubber projectiles if we need to flex for a 40 year tank team exactly when i go to flex i'm still broadway cold officers gave the subject repeated commands to drop the knife but he did not comply at one point the subject said back up see this as he held the homemade knife in the air the subject advanced towards the officers and was told to stop another officer displayed a taser however the subject was still too far away for the taser to be effective he advanced again was told to stop and the officers discharged their weapons at approximately 8 39 pm striking the subject shots fired the officer with less lethal tools had not yet arrived the tpd members who discharged their weapons were sergeant richard legarra a 16-year veteran of the department and officer chad barker a six-year veteran of the department here's a video from the incident drop the knife man this dog is going to bite you drop the knife it is not worth it drop the knife man [Laughter] tell him to come here drop the knife man you got it i need you to put the knife down we can talk about whatever hey if you think you're wanted you're not i ran you you are not wanted attacked end of respawning units i need you guys to drive up over the curb onto the field northwest corner of the of the lot looks like a knife to me ray i need you to put it down come on man this is this is stupid who is that who passport does he have a flex you have to drop the knife look bro you can see this is getting worse man bro you're not wanted i ran you myself you're not there's no parole violation there's nothing like that because there was a fight between you and your lady that's it yep people are allowed to argue man uh it's not illegal to argue we just want to make sure everybody's safe right now nobody's safe with you holding that knife yes i need you to put it down man nobody wants to hurt you [Music] but we all i want to do is talk to you bro but i can't talk to you when you have a knife in your hand straight up i can't hear you with the helicopter man [Applause] bro i can hear you tapping that against your leg man you're freaking me out i don't want to shoot you but i will if i have to what hey there no no no we're too far stop stop drop it ray put it down do not take a step closer do not [ __ ] do not drop it officers rendered first aid until tucson fire arrived to continue life-saving efforts but the sub is a photograph of the homemade knife and here's a photograph of mr edwards crime detectives learned during this investigation that mr edwards was a suspect in an armed robbery that occurred at the walgreens in the 7600 block of east broadway boulevard on may 5th 2021 thank you for watching please take a moment to like comment or share don't forget to subscribe