This is the dramatic moment Las Vegas police officers exchanged gun fire with a suspect, in a shoot-out that left the man paralyzed and a Metro K-9 dead.
The incident was captured on the bodycam of Las Vegas Metro police officer Abudhabi Lewis, who was one of four law enforcers responding to the call on Fast Elk Street on Thursday.
The video shows Lewis shouting for the suspect to drop his gun while approaching him with his own weapon raised for protection.
The suspect, James Craig Simpson, 31, then drops the firearm on the ground but stands alongside it as Lewis, and a fellow officer attempt to reason with the man.
Lewis can be heard saying: ‘Do not go towards the gun. Do not go near the gun,’ while the other officer instructs the man to relax and walk towards the patrol car.
Lewis continues: ‘Relax, relax, please don’t do this. Please do not do that please. We will talk to you, we will help you out, but don’t go near the gun please.
‘Just walk over there and we will settle it, we will figure it out, alright? We will go help your mom, we will do whatever we need to do.
‘But please, I’m asking you please, just step to the left towards that light pole right there.’
Lewis continues to plead with the man, but Metro Undersheriff Kevin McMahill said he kept an eye on it on the ground, reported Fox 5.
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