The Hillsborough resident also had an imitation guy at the time but threw it to the floor before advancing on the officers with the knife, authorities said.
— before fatally shooting him last month, the New Jersey Attorney General’s Office announced Monday evening. The office also released audio and body camera footage from the incident.
The office, which is still investigating the incident, said Hillsborough police were dispatched to an apartment on Corporal Langon Way on Jan. 9 shortly after 6 p.m. after they received three 911 calls, one of which reported a man with a gun.When officers arrived, they encountered Mathis inside an apartment holding a knife, the office said. Other people can be seen in the video of the incident but they were not identified.
Hillsborough Police Officer Christopher Michaels then uses a Taser on, then quickly shoots him, the video shows.The fatal shooting was the second by Hillsborough police over the course of four months.
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