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New bodycam video shows sheriff's deputies fatally shooting knife-wielding male who authorities say stabbed deputy

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Newly released bodycam video from the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department shows deputies fatally shooting a knife-wielding male who authorities said stabbed a deputy last month in a Lancaster parking lot. The video was released Tuesday; the incident occurred June 20 after deputies responded to a 911 call, KABC-TV reported . 'Stop reaching.' "Hey, I just want to make a report of a guy with some knives, swinging them in public," the caller told a dispatcher, KABC said, citing an audio recording the sheriff's department released. Surveillance video shows three sheriff patrol vehicles arriving at the scene, the station said, adding that authorities said the suspect — identified as Robert Castro — is seen in the video walking away from the deputies and across a parking lot. "Before Deputy #1's patrol vehicle came to a stop, Castro turned and rapidly walked in the deputy's direction," the sheriff's department said in a statement, according to KABC. "Castro then ran at Deputy #1, drew a k

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