Actually, there are two videos. One shows shows Kajieme Powel allegedly shoplifting donuts and energy drinks from a convenience store (and clearly somebody is shoplifting in the video), and a second video, captured by mobile phone, shows the shooting.
Watch: "Powell Shooting (Security Camera)," and "Powell Shooting (Cell Phone Camera)."
More at KSDK Newschannel 5 St. Louis, "Police name man who died in officer-involved shooting."
At at NewsMax, "Knife-Wielding Man Shot to Death by Police in St. Louis":
A knife-wielding man was shot to death Tuesday after allegedly shoplifting from a St. Louis convenience store. The incident took place just 2.6 miles from the protests in Ferguson.
According to local news reports, the 23-year-old suspect entered the store and stole two energy drinks, left the store, and returned to take a pastry.
The store owner followed the man from the store and police were called.
KMOV.com quotes police as saying that whens officers arrived, the man was acting erratically, yelling at officers, "Shoot me now, kill me now."
Fox2now.com reports that the man was warned repeatedly by the two officers on the scene to drop his knife, but he refused, instead charging at the officers. Both officers then shot the man, and he was pronounced dead on the scene.
Police Chief Sam Dotson told Fox 2 that the man was two or three feet from the officers in an attack posture when he was shot. The officers were not injured.
Asked about the incident by KMOV, Dotson said police officers have a right to defend themselves.
The incident occurred about 1 p.m. Central Time.
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