Bodycam Video Shows LAPD SWAT Shoot Alleged Armed Suspect During Standoff
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- Опубліковано 16 чер 2022
- The Los Angeles Police Department released bodycam video showing their SWAT team shooting an allegedly armed suspect, 54-year-old Leron James, on May 3. Central Patrol officers responded to a backup request from the Los Angeles Fire Department about a suicidal man. Upon arrival, the man pointed a gun at officers after they tried to speak to him, prompting officers to request additional backup from the LAPD SWAT team and the Crisis Negotiation team. The SWAT team used a chemical agent in an attempt to coerce the suspect out of his apartment. The suspect responded by shooting his firearm out his window, at which time an officer shot him. Officers pronounced the suspect deceased at the scene. No officers were injured during this incident.
DISCLAIMER: This video has been edited to be more appropriate for all audiences.
#Police #SWAT #Bodycam
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Just so yall know. The Snipers are fairly common when dealing with Armed Gunmen. Even in Residential Neighborhoods. You'll find them asking homeowner's permission to use their windows.
i would def let them
Do they pay you?
In la that's kind of iffy you don't know if he's a cartel or you never know I don't know I mean it'll be cool I'll let you my f****** I'll be the sniper I'll be the sniper I'll cover the other side of the house
My buddy works for are local pad’s swat team as a sniper and when all the roots and stuff was going on ppl where going too are court houses here in Nc and he was setup all night on the roof of the court house 😂
never give permission
The guy on the megaphone has a god tier voice. So clear, perfect word choice, tone, emphasis.
thats a negotiator, thats his job
@@KronStaro I know that. I was law enforcement for 9 years I’ve worked with my fair share of negotiators. I’m saying that this guy is probably the best I’ve heard.
@@slyse7en whoa 9 years
That's odd. I thought his voice was robotic & unsympathetic. I know perfectly well there must be a balance between command/authoritative & personable/diplomatic/coercive. Not much of the latter here.
@@jalspach9215 People under high stress get auditory exclusion which is temporary loss of hearing. he has numerous stimulus around him so a voice can become background noise and blocked out by the brain. This guys voice on microphone sounded robotic and powerful, almost god like which to me would be very hard to ignore/block out. The instructions were very clear and easy to understand. Its exceptionally hard to build rapport with someone in a situation like this.
I agree with you about the balance but this situation was at a point where it was very binary. You either do what we say or there is a consequence. This didnt seem like one of the jobs that would be a 15 hour standoff with rapport building. Ofcourse there are a thousand ways to do it and we will never know what the best way is but im just very impressed by this guys style in this situation.
While the fact that this had to happen pains my heart, I truly appreciate how professionally this appears to have been carried out. Every chance was given and clearly indicated to avoid going lethal. A+
Do you by any cfhance how to become a swat sniper
By professional, you mean looks and sounds like the police in Fifth Element?
@@fatonkasolli496 most of the special weapons and tactics marksman are former military and have years of experience and training in marksmanship.
@@fatonkasolli496 Its pretty hard ever since that one guy shot a gun out of perps' hand a while back
@@zomni1. WHATS SAD IS THEY CONTROL AMERICANS. AND KILLED MILLIONS OF MILLIONS OF INNOCENT PEOPLE AND CHILDREN. AND OUR POLICE DAILY. NEWS BREAK APP. SHOWS IT
At a motorcycle shop I worked at years ago, two big customers were an officer and his wife who was a stunt women..There was a hostage situation in the city here and the officer we knew was the sniper who had to take him down. He shot the man while he was holding a woman close to him. Perfect shot. The officer was deeply affected by having to do this. It's not easy for them.
Some of them don't really care about taking a life
Most of them do.
@@lanceharlow8621 A lot of them want the dopamine and rush of these situations might sound crazy but its true
"deeply affected"??? as in needs a stress leave??? He was in the wrong line of work....
@@MoveoverAndbark he's not in the wrong line of work he is a human
These incidents are such a shame. Clearly a mental health problem gone way too far, but to the anti cops, the time for intervention with a professional was over a long time ago. Once other innocent people are threatened, it’s just too late.
It's drugs.
@@fromaggiovagiola9128 Agreed 100%, but I tend to throw serious drug issues into mental issues. To me the drugs are because of previous mental issues, and or the drugs caused a mental break down. Drugs really are the scourge of society. Why else would china be shipping stuff to us?
Its the mother and father responsible for raising spoiled crop and spreading the cancer to the world.
To many guns owned by civilians in USA.
@@MrCph2200 then gtfo of our country if u don’t like it. Don’t let the door hit u on the way out✌🏻
The communication here was outstanding. Except for that one cop at the beginning, everyone was clearly trying to de-escalate, was crystal clear, and patient with him. These guys are obviously pros.
Pretty clearly seems these guys are swat or at least have had similar training/experience
All this time and government money for 1 screw up. Let him cause hella damage. First cops shoulda put two in his chest right away.
@@paperchaserttv8754 aren't you a righteous menace lol
@@paperchaserttv8754 oh im sure you've wasted hard earned tax dollars (government money) in worse manners than this
@@youngprince716 🤣🤣🤣 you mad cause that's your brother huh emir
The public safety is paramount.
That's what you were taught, but it is the opposite, they have no responsibility for your well-being, at all, they serve the administrators.
@@malachi- evidence? And not anecdotal evidence either.
@@nyk3334 This is common knowledge with just a couple clicks, all of those one liners that they use in society are just public relations.
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“Neither the Constitution, nor state law, impose a general duty upon police officers or other governmental officials to protect individual persons from harm - even when they know the harm will occur,” said Darren L. Hutchinson, a professor and associate dean at the University of Florida School of Law. “Police can watch someone attack you, refuse to intervene and not violate the Constitution.”
The Supreme Court has repeatedly held that the government has only a duty to protect persons who are “in custody,” he pointed out.
Leave the crazy guy alone!!! Turn and walk away…. Not worth it.. this man is too far gone!!!!!!😮😮😮
The police work for the government, not the people.
"Moonwalk, Laron. The pain will end if you moonwalk into the hallway. I am not a robot."
This is one of the best critical incident reports I've ever watched.
Tragic transparency!
Look up the LAPD’s public debriefing on the shooting at Burlington Coat Factory in Van Nuys last year. It’s incredible.
It’s called propaganda to fit a narrative. Stop being naive
@@slabdab4202 lol what are you smoking. This is transparency.
@@ohroonoko If it was they would of showed him at the window. Kind of funky how you cant see anything at all when he's at the window.....
@@nateg7821 these are just bodycams, it’s not an Oscars telecast.
I had the SWAT team ask me if they could use my house for over watch for their sniper in a 2007 situation . They were very polite.
Id say only if i can be your spotter lol
@@ianwilkinson5069 lol that would be such a dream
Thats a violation of the Third Amendment.
@@TheSheepDogPatriot1776 without the permission of the owner.... learn to read
@@TheSheepDogPatriot1776 lol what a silly comment 😂
That guy in the megaphone sounds straight outa 1984
I was literally thinking how dystopian it was.
reminds me of half life 2
That dude with the megaphon must be the male version of this Portal AI voice.
It's nice seeing that full length ballistic shield on wheels.
Sad to watch, but if you're gonna lean out the window and fire, you're threatening more people than just yourself
That was never shown, only implied verbally. There was no bodycam shown here of the suspect firing a round.
the guy was obviously not in his right mind
@@pageboy25 Oh well.
@@Krystalmyth Yea and? You heard the shot, right? Where do you think it came from? Also, the sniper's reaction when the shot went off should tell you something.
@@Krystalmyth, oh yea, it’s all a big conspiracy, Krystal. 🙄🙄. Maybe quit watching Hollywood movies.
Man it switched povs like gta these body cams are phenomanal
man lebron james so crazy he forgot to put a b in his name🤣🤣
They warned him to stay away from the window and things would get worse if he did not listen,they did get real worse for him ultimately…
@@kevingriggs4249 I didn't read where he was a Christian and went to heaven. How did you come to that conclusion?
@@PatriotAmerican44 Where did he say he was christian? Higher serenity can mean many things
@@kevingriggs4249 Buddha disagrees
What I meant to say was “he’s better off dead”
@@kevingriggs4249 lies, hes sitting in eternal darkness. you just need some belief to comfort you because you're weak.
I've worked as a mental health technician and a social worker in a psych hospital for more than 6 years. Scenes like this are common in our facilities except instead of s gun they threaten or use chairs, pencils, water bottles, belongings. We use excellent de-escalation techniques but sometimes the intrusive thoughts are too much and they still try to lash out at staff and other patients. At this point staff will have to physically restrain patients and use emergency medications to help them come back down. In this scenario when they are at our facility we know the police have already screened and patted them down for weapons. Adding social workers to police calls would undoubtedly help with de-escalation HOWEVER once a welfare check escalates with a firearm or other weapon all that has to go out the window to ensure the safety of bystanders or residents in the area. That is the reality that people don't want to swallow that once it gets to a certain point the threat to human life exceeds the need to treat a person in the field.
As someone with that much experience the best way to have episodes like this to stop is to expand mental health care and make it more affordable. It is much easier to prevent diabetes than it is to treat it once you have it. Same way with mental health making it easier for people to get help before it turns into a psychotic meltdown would make all our communities safer.
Totally agree, I live in Europe and I would add that this scenario could never ended by shooting this ill person cause there is no legal access to guns. When I see USA police shooting, it's mostly ill people or intoxicated people everytime.
Episodes like this will never stop and will only get worse but atleast with what you said there can be a reduction of episodes.
Well, maybe u wanna go with them next time? Does your patients have guns?
@@RegTarg011 I know reading is difficult. Find an adult to finish the paragraph and you'll see that I covered that
Main problem is compliance. Regardless of what services available. Some ppl just can't function in the world. Major disservice Regan did closing the mental institutions.
I’m so glad that police departments across the country have started sharing this information….this type of transparency is needed in America today
Sniper: "Now that that's done - who wants coffee and a bagel?"
Snipers are pretty common in residential/suburban areas in situations like this. Growing up in my old neighborhood circa 2003 there was a house across the street that always seemed to have some sketchy stuff going on every week or so. Cars would come and go in the middle of the night, people running up the driveway into the garage and immediately leaving, etc. So it was obviously some kind of drug operation. One afternoon there was an altercation that resulted in someone being taken hostage inside the house (a pizza delivery driver, if I remember correctly) and tactical was called on scene. I was in middle school at this time and I was just coming off of the school bus which dropped me off usually a block away from my house, and once I approached I could see multiple cop cars and a SWAT van parked on our street half a block away. From what I'm told, there was a sniper perched on the roof of my family's shed in our back yard. No shots rang out fortunately, they were able to flood the house with gas and take in the suspect without any casualties, but that was a pretty scary afternoon! The cops were pretty nice too, they offered me a ride to my aunt's house down the street since I wasn't able to get to my house behind the barricade. After that, the sketchy activity dropped significantly and we didn't have to worry as much.
Woah
Why do ppl write essays under yt vids
@@AlbinoLatina write* no wonder you dont like reading
@@AlbinoLatina Because there not as lazy as you. "ppl" "yt" get off your Nokia and get a keyboard.
Just gonna... leave a reply here
Police body cams definitely protect the police just as much as they protect the public.
If that is the case, why do police refuse to release body cams, even in traffic ticket cases? Lol
@@jenkor513 court, can't release for several cases due to cases not being complete.
@@jenkor513 They don’t just release them to anyone who asks. They’re used in court cases and to resolve complaints.
@@jenkor513 because it takes a lot of time and resources to review body cam footage. You can subpoena body cam footage, but it'll cost about as much as the fine for the ticket.
It takes time for the police to delete/edit their cams.
As tragic as it ended, that was expert police work and couldn’t have been handled any differently. He was given every chance possible, there was just too much lives at risk since he had a gun
Officers did a good job trying to communicate and deescalate the situation, sad it had to end this way
Man was clearly not right in the head. All those directives went over his head...what can you do though?
They could’ve been more clear, used tasers, or catch him in a net. Laron was a pillar of his community.
@@GardenGuy1943 he had a gun, why dont you go taze him smart guy
@@GardenGuy1943 yeah. Dude with a gun and you with a taser???
@@GardenGuy1943 you won't last long in a confrontation
@@GardenGuy1943 Nope tasers wouldn't of worked
It's sad that a human being had to lose their life over this, but it is clear that the police tried everything within their power to de-escalate the situation. They were left with no other choice and that sucks. I'm sure the police involved are just as bothered by these incidents as we are. They are human too.
they were left to do what they wanted to do in the first place can't act like people no matter if in uniform or in plain clothes are not trigger happy to lay another human down it's sicc but it's life!
@@Perfectcracker229 that's crap he's a professional that made a decision to not allow a crazy person to possibly hurt others
If you know how it works..then you would understand the art in squeezing the trigger... he doped it without the spotter given any information 1 shot 1 kill!
@@oneshotonekill8176 you're crap mine is African golden knowledge!
@@Perfectcracker229 ah yes, another person who thinks all cops are trigger happy.
Look at French police, look at what the swat "equivalent" there does, their interventions groups are called, RAID, BRI, GIGN, PI2G for the most known. You'll see what real competence is and why they have some of the highest success rates on earth.
Maaaaan!! Good job video'ng everything. Sucks Laron didn't follow the elementsry steps
Great work by the police in this situation.
That was handled sooo professionally, I don’t even know where to start. From giving him multiple chances and trying to give him reasons to give up.
that's what i was thinking they were all so calm too and tried to calm him down unfortunately he was just yelling something in alien language must have been some mental health case
@@AlcielDaisy You need to suppress your emotion during these situations, or you end up making mistakes. its not a job for the weak-hearted or weak-minded.
they went there and killed a guy they were trying to arrest for trying to kill himself, what part of that is professional?
@@FingerinUrDaughter Saved tax payers money
@@FingerinUrDaughter Because that man could easily have harmed others. And he almost did by firing shots left and right at things OTHER than himself.
Poor man was having a psychosis ... But what can you do... None much. . . He was wild, unpredictable and dangerous
We literally having a psychosis everyday . Leron James
BTW this is a joke
@@zedking5569 Then it's best to go do a diagnosis, Psychosis everyday is not normal.
He was what his GENES dictated him to be. Until africa leaves western world, we will not have peace.
Exactly, it’s like putting down a rabid animal. Some people just can’t be controlled, it’s a treat to society…
@Thou Swell Why would you do that? He has a gun.. He'll just shoot the dog... DUH
Parabéns a equipe da polícia.
My god that’s the worst negotiator I’ve ever heard in my entire life.
Your entire life has not been very long and for most of it you've been in diapers. Does your mom know your playing with the keyboard? You should be doing your homework.
love how u can see them go from lax to TARGET ON lol thats lit muscle memory and training.
For the people who didn't understand why he got shot :
"The SWAT team used a chemical agent in an attempt to coerce the suspect out of his apartment. The suspect responded by shooting his firearm out his window, at which time an officer shot him..."
It's in the description...
that " shot fired" was not from his weapon, his weapon was allegedly a handgun, definitely a small handgun, maybe 9mm or smaller. The shot that was "fired" sounded exactly like the chemical agents they fired, that was no way a handgun round. That round's report was far too loud for a small handgun. To be honest the picture they showed with the "suspect" with a handgun didn't even look like a gun. I highly doubt he had a gun, the cops definitely had a lack of communication with the swat members, who didn't even look like they were focused on their AOR at all times. This was way too sloppy, i would bet anything that " Round fired" was the chemical gun.
@@Michael-bt6ht Oh Jesus, please tear up your Facebook Firearms Degree.
@@Michael-bt6ht You may be right, Michael. But I don't think so.
@@Michael-bt6ht what evidence are you basing this on? The sound? My dude as a gun loving man who goes shooting all the time all guns are loud. I bet you're the kind of person who thinks suppressors make the gun nearly silent.
@@Michael-bt6ht what’s your address and phone number. Next time there’s an armed, uncooperative, barricaded suspect I’ll call you. You can handle it. I’ll put you in the room with him. I’m sure to your tactics are top notch.
Just batting baseballs but the Dad-son Gas station Sniper duo from 90s comes to mind.😅
80’s sitcom vibes from that lighting
Obviously he lost his mind it’s ashame they couldn’t get through to him.
Best place for him. We need to clean house
@@user-qt8zt6zg6w shut up
@@user-qt8zt6zg6w The 308 made it through him!
@@acmaster5959 OOF!
Why? So when he is released, like tomorrow, he goes out and kills someone, maybe YOU, your Spouse, or Children? No, this ended PERFECTLY.
There's no "alleged" armed suspect. He CLEARLY was armed with a pistol and fired at the police.
It’s alleged bc innocent until proven guilty. Ofc he is clearly the suspect but I think it’s more of technical stuff than literal.
@@ples1236 Uh... he's Dead, there's not going to be a Trial, so... there's no such legal process in which to take a plea.
@@copper-tc6un You don't know what you're talking about "Copper"
@@ples1236 Not alleged, there is video proof. Your are confusing alleged with presumed innocent which are two completely different things
@@JK-hd2zb Most people on the left in these comments don't believe the video evidence as it conflicts with the preprogrammed propaganda they have been spoon fed by the media and Twitter bots.
Holy crap, this might be the most professionally handled police event.
If such communication was done here in India,than it was obvious many lives would have been saved, it's sad to face such situations
It's terribly unfortunate that this man has a firearm in that moment. I don't know if he was having some sort of reaction, or if he was really sick, or if he was just crazy, but having that gun totally changed the dynamic. Turned an attempt to help him into the end of his life. Sad.
Agreed.
Unfortunately he shouldn't have one but it was more than likely illegally obtained due to some of the other details in this case.
It wasn't a legal gun owner.
Oh well
F him. He’s a piece of crap scumbag. Why do people feel sorry for evil? That’s when you know that society is in ruins.
He might've been depressed, and his mental state became worsen?
"drop the gun man"
"geegugh!!"
"just want to talk"
"GEEEGUGH!!"
😂
Sounds like he understands
O' this is the police trying to confront all the negative footage.
BTW, love the ominous sounding voice of reason.
It's like every action is disjointed.
That ‘…maybe even worse’ was so dramatic it made me chuckle.
I think the Police handled this situation as well as it could get.
Yes the American way. There's other ways but the American way is death America is really good at killing. Kill it ask no questions. Problem solved
Yeah
I'm disappointed they decided to cut the slow-mo bullet cam :|
Nothing better to calm someone in grave mental distress than a robo-voice over loudspeaker.
Why does the negotiator sound like an alien robot
They tried to help him, They gave him an apartment and all of the services for free and still addiction and mental illness took over in the end. Some people are just too far gone and that's the big issue. We have to get mental illness and addiction when they are young before you are 20-30 years deep into and addiction that develops into hearing voices and mania. God rest his soul
That was their goal all along
No, we need to train our police on how to deal with severe mental illness, and invest into non-lethal ways to disarm them
Conventional situations only need conventional solutions. This situation the individual was in could have used some more in depth grounding techniques. Things are happening fast, he was hearing voices "in his head", or misinterpreting sounds from all the commotion. The goal would have been to focus his senses onto a single task. Trying to legibly hear multiple voices, with pain from chemical gas, with the sight of men who may change your entire life, is not grounding, but quite the contrary. - in this situation, though the responding force didi not have the equipment, after the suspect pulled a gun, could have been tranquilized instead of gassed with pain.
The mental health excuse is a dead end. Sure, people are crazy, deviant, nuts, but there is no system that can change that. Most nutcases are not violent people and most violent people are not really nuts, just immoral.
the pharma companies want you to be addicted. there is no money for them in people being healthy
Very sad for not only Laron but his family and friends, but this kind of police work is very inspiring to me and I'm sure to others as well, keep up the good work.
is it inspiring? lmao..... The adrenaline alone that you experience everyday will kill you early in your 60's or 50's. You will not have time for family and loved ones. You will be in constant danger. You will have to use your service weapon, and no it doesn't feel good like when you cheese the enemy team in Modern Warfare. It hurts you deep when you kill someone and you spend a good part of your life wondering what you could have done differently, regardless of "it was your duty" or not. Most times you use your service weapon as an officer, its not against a rabid serial criminal. It's against a human being who is going through a very serious mental health crisis. Yeah if the officers didn't shoot that dude he probably would have hurt someone or killed them. Im just saying when your the Hero, it doesn't feel heroic. I know this.
execution of a human is ispiring to you ?!
Probably he meant it's inspiring bc of social safety, you think differently but doesn't mean that bc "you know this" his opinion is totally off... And by "you know this" I say it because maybe you know a couple of cases near you and that doesn't mean it applies to every case
@@saicau6505 what execution?
@@saicau6505 absolutly
So the cops basically went “ah your suicidal, we can fix that”
At 1:28 he started shooting out the window
What kind of screen is before the windows opening in the last scene?
What a horrible mess... I feel sorry for this poor man and sorry for the Officers involved.
What if he shot somebody else?
@@ronin29marcpano he didn’t what if situations dont matter in the past
im not sorry about this crazy dude, he could killed someone outside, glad those cops did their job and killed him
Huh. Then tell me why one would respond to the police with a gun in the first place? He "earned" it. He created the "no-no" himself. It was clearly not a negotiation moment. It was a warning. Last Warning. Or after one responds with a gun, should we tell him "hey brothart, please put down the gun. We love you. We will give you lots of money."?
And let’s not forget the innocent people trying to live their lives
Everyone is gangster until you smell the spicy air
Kudos to these professionals. They were more than patient with him.
Lol. Yeah the cops gotta kill a suicidal person before they can kill themselves. What hero’s.
They waited until the guy fired a round off, good job by the cops for keeping everyone else safe around there.
It seemed odd hearing the negotiator on the loudspeaker trying to reason with him. The guy was blurting out incoherent noises and was clearly on another planet.
Goes to show how important free mental healthcare is, there is a good chance this could have been solved months or years back. People generally don't go from being a functioning human to insane from one hour to the next no matter what Hollywood say.
Seems odd that he gave a HUMAN a chance to live ?
With a gun and that clearly makes I'm dangerous even if he is on an other planet. Impossible to reason with. Police always give them a chance....that's what they do to the risk often of their lives.
Echo sounded like something out a horror movie.
If they didn't try to talk to him, the keyboard warriors on twitter would be like "ACAB THEY DIDNT EVEN TRY TO TALK TO HIM THEY JUST MERCILESSLY EXECUTED THAT POOR MAN"
pretty sure there's still a few idiots who think this was unjustified
They take the shot others cant. Perfect display of their overall importance in such a volatile situation like this.
The cop on the loudspeaker sounds like a corporation trying to get you to sign over your living body for medical research.
LAPD SWAT is impressive and so is this breakdown. Very professional.
its a murder
@@Robocop.MrMurphy And you're a 🤡
@@Robocop.MrMurphy oh shut up no it's not.
@@twofiftytwo9920 keep your voice down boy
@@Robocop.MrMurphy He went out the window and fired a shot, putting a lot more lives in danger than just his own. It wasn't murder, it was just the cops doing their job.
Sad that it had to end that way but you can’t have someone popping shots out a window. Looks like leron was going through something accelerated by drugs that drove him to make some very poor decisions.
my take too
It's great ending when someone like that is no longer with us.
Trash taken out you mean.
“accelerated by drugs” where you getting that from? Sounds like an assumption. The dude could of just been whacked in the head
The officer fired his shot out of a window...
Awesome host. A true natural.
This is why I like swat team.
Thank you social media club.
"Do you have knives in your apartment?"
Naw man, I only eat foods I can prepare and consume solely with my hands.
hes just trying to make sure, not everybody in the world purchased knifes for their house
Can't wait to see this on doughnut operator. 🍩😎👍
hehe
Lmaooo
"Hu Hi There'
Overrated, best to watch it from direct source
@Nate Higgers it'll be a lot bwtter if people could see that they're just born to be evil. Best place for them is a zoo
That's considered a war crime shooting someone with a 50 cal
I think it was a .308
That weren't no .50 cal! I've fired a .50 BMG single shot rifle at least 20x. The muzzle blast is horrific and would have blown the plastic window covering to pieces.
Wow he went from "patient" to "suspect" pretty quick
The SWAT sniper is 💯 a sharpshooter. Even after being startled by the suspect firing his gun outside the window, and moving, he corrected and hit the target across the street in less than 1 second.
@@mgreenesco9955 correction, he hit a human who was trying to kill other humans.
@@mgreenesco9955 Cry me a river
It was a very close shot, easy
@@ArtVandelayOfficial Really? Let's see you do it irl scenario though guy.
My father was a swat sniper for 2 years then became the swat commander for 10+ years, he’s told me stories just like this, about using tear gas to get people out of houses. It’s crazy actually seeing this. So much respect to the brothers in blue
I once had a swat sniper in my yard when a neighbor across the street was going wild.
It was dark, went outside, and a bush told me to walk back inside.
Fuckinf ghillie suit 🤣
Good stuff.
🧢 🧢 🧢
@@dylanjohnson4624 oh ok *Dylan Johnson*😂 you know best apparently
@@JacaboBlanco I might have offered him the use of my thermal scope
Respect for killing the man? It wouldn't have happened like this in other countries.
Great job , very professional
They tried everything. Too many lives as risk to allow him to continue to live. They simply had to put him down. It sucks he had issues, but the more unfortunate issue was that he got his hands on a gun...and since he wouldn't give it up, there was simply too much risk to innocents for them to do anything but put him down.
Honestly it was a very good example of excellent police work. They did everything they could to deescalate and try to get it resolved without violence but there was nothing they could do.
They really wanted to help him, they didn't want this to end badly for Laron.
It's unfortunate but some people are at the end of the line and do not want any help anymore.
Tragic.
I noticed this as well especially now during the pandemic I've been seeing a lot of people who either lost hope and don't care if they live or die 😪
They should have used rubber bullets.
@@DrerealEast3278 I’ve been feeling like that for a couple years now
No joke
@no chains no more you do know that tranquilizers take a minute to get going right in the amount of time it would take for him to fall asleep he would be shooting like he did before he was killed. Also if the tranquilizers did set in time he was halfway out the window he woulda just fallen at least 2 floors down
@no chains no more
I dont think it was that easy to do that.
The guy was waving a gun also, too much risk.
The guys voice on the Shields speaker is what I like to think what you hear when you die and hear "it is your time"
“slowly step away from your body and walk backwards towards the light with your hands over your head.. you can do it!”
@@michaelg8642 "he's got a weapon take him out! Eliminate the threat!"
I feel sorry for the men. God help us.
You’re mental health is IMPORTANT
That plant was DEF over watered.
Laron is the reason California is in a drought. His plant was drowning before he chucked that thing.
Edit: was the reason.
This mental health thing is serious...my heart goes out to everyone involved.
And the way the system is going there gonna be a whole lot more everywhere
They need to be like top g andrew tate
You mean drug epidemic? I think maybe only 3% of all cases like this are from actual mental illness. The rest are just unhinged drug fueled men flexing egos. "I fought the law, and the law won." ;)
@@uglymug5858 username checks out.
@@uglymug5858 bruh
3:24 - that PA announcement was chilling.
The feeling of a high caliber bullet ripping through your body before you realize what happened is terrifying, only split seconds after it’s happened.
My brother was a marine corps sniper instructor for the entire duration of his tour during Vietnam, and has been a Boston PD on-call sniper since the 90's. Even now, in his 70's. He's had to do this.
@@Sasquatchmedic
Bruh are u trynna start something?
@@desertsmeagol7073 No, I read the post wrong.
I thought he was still pulling trigger on people, so as I should, I’m deleting post.
It’s all good.
I read this post wrong, the last sentence, deleted prior message
@@desertsmeagol7073 my mistake, but your not my UA-cam watchdog either
To kill for corporations. Good job to be proud of.
I like the cheese cloth over the window. 👍
Part of the urban hide position kit is cheesecloth and/or regular window screen material. Especially if the sniper can take a position several yards deep inside the structure.
is to keep the glass that shatter from flying towards the sniper/cop/shooter/ your mum
Crazy how government officials can have these so called "assault weapons", but little ol me can't even own a single shot .22 lol.
True.
The 5th alements... thank you for your collaboration.. with the no happy ending
Say a prayer for that young man that had to fire that shot. No matter what that has to be hard to deal with.
This is what they chose to do for a living and he didn’t seem horribly affected by taking the shot? Had the video continued you’d likely heard them mocking the mental patient they just shot. It’s folks like you that will call the cops for help with a family member, only to have the cops kill said family member bc they felt their “lives were endanger”. How would you feel about that? It happens everyday, but you’re ignorant to any of that, like most of country. These MFers are out here killing all kinds of innocent civilians & laughing about it, but you suggest…..prayer? JFC, you people are clueless, or, speaking on behalf of a police union.
Nah he's a hero and he should know that, who knows what that guy had planned if police didn't stop him.
you can tell its not his first time pulling a trigger the way he handles that firearm. probably has military background. im sure he feels bad but i doubt it was hard on him if he did any duty tours. most guys i know in swat all have military background
Lol. Highly doubt that he was struggling sleeping at night.
Of course he works with the police. He didnt go out his own way and do that. Can see clearly he has a radio/walkie talkie in his hand.
That officer was very chill and relatable. Some people can’t be helped.
thats a professional negotiator..
also, he told him to go into the halfway where no one was supposedly, meanwhile there are armed supercops waiting to make swiss cheese out of him
@@KronStaro You're entirely wrong. "There's nothing in the hallway" refers to the chemical agents that Leron was trying to get away from, hence sticking his head out the window. The way you've phrased your comment is extremely malicious.
@@KronStaro nope, the hallway inside the unit itself is what the suspect was avoiding, he simply had to walk past those with nothing in his hands where the cops coul see him thru their shields, unfortunately he appears way out of his mind to have the cognitive ability to make those decisions
@@lachlannossiter2842 did he breath tru the barrel of his gun did he, he fired out the window. Maybe watch and listen to the entire video without having an anti cop bias
So does anyone else think it's kind of weird how incredibly professional, giving this person EVERY opportunity to comply, an not being reported in the media, it is?
When police comes to help a suicidal person, you know what that means.
OC Vapor is so underrated. It is clear so it adds a psychologically defeating aspect aswell as the physical effects. That and decon is so quick and really simple.
Phenomenal video. Fantastic work, clear audio.
that gas launcher hits different
Nice shooting guys with camera as well as guns . Keep progressing
my guy should know never to peek windows after the attacker team already was spawned in😂
I'd love to see more videos like this showcasing some of the cool equipment and tactics used in serious situations like this, obviously it's sad that someone lost their life, but the cops made sure it wasn't the medics that showed up to help him or his neighbors who ran into him in the hallway or something.
"Cool equipment" will be used on you in a red flag situation. And... noone will be on your side.
@@donaldmack2307 well that can all be simply avoided by not being a criminal!
@@exiled1016 Brilliant.
@@donaldmack2307 OK Mr Quack. Please come to the counter to take your meds.
America, where people want to be soldier boys and dont care about people dying. Nice.
When you realize every riffle rounds going threw every unit on the 5th floor you switch back over to a stun grenade
that was insane
He was just trying to clean his gun while inhaling tear gas and it mistakenly discharged he was going to college to be an astronaut veterinarian and loved reading his bible.
LOL Trolling
🤣🤣🤣.... I'm pretty sure that's how CNN would title this video lol.
Bet you feel like a real man making fun of disability and mental illness, pathetic
Lol
Very well handled by the LAPD and SWAT! Good job guys.
I agree. They are really good at murder and terrorist attacks
No!!!
@@MrPyroBoss. umm yes.
Your Community has Apartments? Then your Local Police Force needs this Urgent Response Gear!
Unfortunate situation but it had to be done. The police gave him every chance to give up. Too bad he did not take it cost him his life.
The negotiator handled the situation i think up to the most professional level.
Sad that it came to this, because it didn't have to. But the deceased ultimately dictated the result. They tried to give him every opportunity for a different ending. It is what it is. Well done officers, very professional, stay safe out there yall.
No it's not! They should have taken lethal action from the beginning!!!!
What's sad is that there's people like this in the world. This is a happy ending, one less crazy.
Perfectly said
wow yeah they were very patient and clear. a very good job!
You can't reason with a sick person