Bodycam shows Ventura County deputies shooting machete-wielding man inside a Newbury Park bakery
By: The Ventura County Sheriff has released body camera video of a deputy shooting a machete-wielding suspect inside a bakery in Newbury Park.
Video shows the male suspect, identified as 50-year-old Joseph Emans, running towards employees inside a bakery with a 28-inch machete in hand. That is when the deputy involved shooting occurred. Emans is then seen throwing the machete at the deputy.
It happened Oct. 24 just before 6:30 a.m. near the Ventu Park Shopping Center. Emans survived his injuries after leaving a trail of destruction and damage.
According to the Ventura County Sheriff's Office, Thousand Oaks officers responded to the scene after several 911 calls were made about a possible domestic dispute involving a vehicle fire and a man with a large knife.
"Prior to the arrival of deputies, the suspect had been involved in a domestic disturbance at Palm Garden Hotel," said Ventura County Sheriff Jim Fryhoff. "He used the machete to break a window and intentionally lit his vehicle on fire."
Investigators said Emans then attacked a man at a nearby gas station with the large machete. His ramage continued at a Ralph's parking lot, where he vandalized a truck before walking into the grocery store.
Surveillance video from Ralph's shows a customer run into the grocery store as Emans follows him with the 28-inch machete. Emans then continues terrorizing customers and destroying merchandise.
When Emans left the store, he was confronted by deputies, initiating a foot pursuit.
"During the course of their attempt to try to contact him and detain him, a Taser deployment occurred, however it was ineffective," said Capt. Rob Yoos with the sheriff's office. "The subject then ran into a local business that was occupied by customers and employees and was advancing on and threatening employees with the machete, then a deputy-involved shooting occurred."
Video shows a bakery employee using a chair as a shield while another hides behind the counter.
The deputy can be heard saying: "Get on the ground or get shot" and then deploying his gun.
Emans was hospitalized in critical condition but was later discharged on Nov. 6.
He was arrested and booked into the Pre-Trial Detention Facility in Ventura, according to a press release.