SALT LAKE CITY — Body camera footage from a fatal shooting involving police last month was released by the Salt Lake City Police Department on Monday.

Police say they received a call on Oct. 29 from a man who said his friend had been attacked in the middle of the street near 2100 S. 300 West. Two officers responded to the address to investigate.

The body camera footage shows police speaking with several people, who confirm that some type of altercation had occurred. It then shows an officer speaking with 47-year-old Jose Hernandez, who was sitting on a curb with his back to 300 West. The officer offers Hernandez medical attention, which he declines.

At about the 6:13 mark in the video, Hernandez can be seen gathering landscaping rocks from behind the curb where he is sitting and putting

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