Seattle police have released body-worn camera footage from officers who shot and killed a 46-year-old man in Sodo last week, showing the man appeared to pull out a gun and aim it at officers.

The 46-year-old man was identified by the King County medical examiner’s office as Jack Paleli.

The King County sheriff’s office, the agency responsible for investigating the officers’ use of force, said last week that police responded to reports of a man holding an ax in the area of Fifth Avenue South and South Holgate Street.

Body camera footage released by the Police Department shows the man walking throughout the intersection, apparently holding a bag and another item. Officers by their patrol vehicles tell the man he is detained and needs to put down the ax, which he does not do.

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