*WARNING: CONTAINS UPSETTING FOOTAGE*
A disturbing video has emerged of the moment cops in the US shoot and kill a man who appears to have his arms raised in surrender.
Police in Evansville, Indiana, released bodycam footage showing police approaching 38-year-old homeless man, Daniel J. Wooters, who steps out of a police car after a chase. He appears to be holding a knife, but has his arms raised, as though he is surrendering.
Credit: Evansville Police Department
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He was shot seven times by three different officers and later died in hospital.
Police were responding to a call from a concerned member of the public who said that Wooters was threatening to kill people, the Mirror reports.
A statement from the police says that the video confirms the officers' version of events, which is that Wooters refused to drop the knife. It was initially reported that he charged at cops with a knife.
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