Miami Beach Police released body camera footage showing the tense moments officers confronted a man armed with a knife and threatening to set himself on fire.

The incident happened around 9 a.m. Saturday, along the 500 block of 41st Street, where officers said they encountered Saliya Siby, dressed in camouflage and behaving erratically in traffic, caused a standstill.

“On Saturday, our officers were faced with an extremely tense and dangerous situation,” said Miami Beach Police Officer Christopher Bess during a press conference.

Police said Siby told an officer he intended to light himself on fire and asked to be shot while holding a knife in one hand and an unknown container believed to be an accelerant in the other.

“Shoot me,” Siby can be heard saying on the video.

“We’re not going

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