DAVIE, FLA. (WSVN) - Newly released body camera footage captured the moment, police said, officers were forced to fire on a man in Davie.
Davie Police and fire rescue responded to the scene at the 14500 block of Southwest 24th Street on Friday, where there were reports of an unresponsive man.
911 calls of that report were also released by police.
“Tell me exactly what happened,” said a dispatcher.
“I woke up in the middle of the night to go to my dad’s room and I found him face planted on the floor and he doesn’t have a pulse,” said the caller.
While paramedics were attending to that person, who, according to his family also died, the man appeared on the front porch.
A loved one told 7News that the man who was fatally gunned down by Davie Police officers following the confrontation was 39-year-old Steve Amann.
The body camera footage obtained by 7News showed Amann approaching officers after he was loitering in the area.
“This guys showed up out of nowhere,” said an officer. “Apparently he’s a friend of him. He went with him earlier. The guy upstairs is a recovery addict. These two did fentanyl and heroin today.”
Family members said that Amann was friends with the man who was unresponsive at the home and was called to go check up on him.
At one point, officers asked Amann if he is caring any weapons.
In another part of the footage, Amann was seen reaching for something behind his pants and then making a shooting stance towards officers. The object that Amann pointed was a confirmed by officers to be a cellphone.
Police then drew their weapons and shot him.
He was transported to a local hospital where he was pronounced dead.
Amann’s family said that he lost his mother days before he was shot.
The Florida Department of Law Enforcement is investigating the shooting, which is normal whenever there is a police-involved shooting.
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