Authorities are investigating after a witness’s cellphone video shows police officers shoot a man in a Miami neighborhood. NBC6’s Niko Clemmons reports
Authorities are investigating after a witness's cellphone video shows police officers shoot a man Thursday in a Miami neighborhood.
City of Miami officials said a 40-year-old man, identified by family members as Donald Armstrong, was shot in the area of Northwest 7th Court and 58th Street in Model City.
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Officers had responded to a call about a man who was possibly on narcotics, according to Miami Police. When they showed up at the house, the man was holding a sharp object, acting erratic and not listening to their commands.
Video from a witness showed Miami Police officers speaking with the man and then tasing him twice.
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The man apparently lunges toward officers, who then fire at him several times.
Police said the man still had the sharp object in his hands, which was why one of their officers decided to shoot.
"I just hear shooting, I smell gunpowder, and I saw the guy fall off his porch," said Preston Baldwin, who shot the video. "What did this guy even do?"
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The man was in critical condition but stable, police said.
The Florida Department of Law Enforcement is leading the investigation into the shooting.
