Chandler police released footage from the Nov. 23 police shooting where Cody Allan Smestad, 30, was killed by police officers.
A 911 call about a hooded and masked male carrying a hammer at a house on East Folley Place near South Newman Way came in from the homeowner who was watching remotely, according to police. A pair of officers and a detective arrived at the home, finding the suspect in the backyard"armed" with a"rifle," police said.
Bodycam video showed armed law enforcement ordering Smestad to drop the weapon, which the man held with his left hand and kept lowered beside his left leg. "F---ing drop it or I will put holes in you," the detective is heard telling the man on the home surveillance video. The man replies,"I know you will." Shots are then fired and Smestad is seen falling to floor.The officers in the shooting were identified as a 22-year detective and a 16-year sergeant. An internal and criminal investigation is currently underway, police said.
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