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(NSFW) Austin Police Neutralize Suspect That Charged With A Knife
Published 2 years ago
Two angles of Austin Police Department body camera footage shows the neutralization of a knife-wielding suspect that charged at them on June 12, 2022. The first video angle shows an officer carrying a shotgun with "less-lethal" rounds, which contain plastic or rubber shot and slugs. As demonstrated in the footage, the less lethal rounds are better suited for crowd dispersal than neutralizing an armed attacker.
The officers responded to a call of an agitated man carrying a knife. As they arrived, they found the suspect, identified as 42-year-old Carlos Eli Chacon-Castillo, who refused to drop the knife and told the officers to shoot him. Eventually, Chacon-Castillo rapidly advanced toward the officers and he was shot multiple times. He fell to the ground but soon got up and made another attempt to charge the officers and was shot again, this time incapacitating him with fatal injuries.
