Police release video of man tasered then kill - shot 8 times
Las Vegas police release body cam footage showing tense moments before they shoot dead career criminal armed with just a pellet gun when he ran away during a traffic stop
Thomas McEniry was shot eight times by cops on November 24
He fled into an apartment complex when he was pulled over
Footage shows the 32-year-old career criminal ignoring cop's orders
The suspect then runs away and is backed into a corner
He still refuses to comply, so one of the officers tasers him
Moments later, he is shot eight times by the surrounding cops
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Las Vegas police have released body cam footage of the moments before they shot and killed a career criminal armed with a pellet gun.
Thomas McEniry was shot eight times by cops on November 24 after he was pulled over during a routine traffic stop.
The footage shows the 32-year-old suspect, who has been arrested 30 times, backing into a corner and getting tasered seconds before the officers gun him down.
Instead of complying with officers when they stopped him for a bad license plate, he ran into a nearby apartment complex before police found him in the parking lot.
Thomas McEniry, 32, is found by police in Las Vegas after he fled into an apartment during a traffic stop
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The officers asked him to put his hands on the hood of their car, but he ignored the order and said: 'I didn't do nothing.'
McEniry then starts to run away from the officers who keep telling him to stop.
He then ends up in the corner of the parking lot surrounded. One cop says: 'Put your hands up or I will shoot you in the f***ing face.'
McEniry kneels to the ground but still refuses to listen, so one of the officers tasers him.
He is seen screaming in pain on the floor, reaching for something in his pants, before the video ends.
Moments later, the officers fire off the eight shots.
McEniry kneels to the ground but still refuses to listen, so one of the officers tasers him
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Police discovered after the incident that McEniry was actually reaching for his Airsoft Pistol, not a real firearm, according to KNTV.com.
Assistant Sheriff Kirk Primas said: 'It looks very similar, if not exactly like a real firearm.'
Reporters at a press conference on Tuesday asked Primas why the officers didn't use the Taser again.
Primas insisted that all officers are trained to use the lowest lewl of force possible, but in this case firearms were necessary.
Police revealed McEniry had a lengthy criminal history, including prison time, and had recently stopped taking prescribed medication.
'He recently stopped taking the medication and started taking illegal drugs,' Primas said.
He was also wanted for a robbery at a Home Depot four days earlier.
Police revealed McEniry (past mugshot) had a lengthy criminal history, including prison time, and had recently stopped taking prescribed medication
Is this supposed to be sensational or something? Not only did a known criminal refuse to follow the cops' orders but he reached for something that looked like a gun after being tasered. It's his own fault he died.