Surveillance video shows knife-wielding man killed after charging at Florida officer
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Stuart, FL - An armed man was caught on camera charging at a Florida officer, just before being fatally shot.
At around 7 a.m. Saturday morning, an officer with the Stuart Police Department responded to the Sierra Condominiums for an armed man “acting erratically.”
A surveillance video shows the officer speaking with the 36-year-old from behind his patrol vehicle.
The suspect, who police have not named, then charges at the cop while holding a large knife.
“Due to the immediate threat of the armed suspect charging towards the officer, and left with no other option, the officer fired his duty weapon, striking the suspect,” the police department said.
The armed suspect was taken to a nearby hospital, where he later died from his injuries.