Body cam footage shows police killing unarmed Oklahoma man who pointed hands in shape of gun (WARNING: GRAPHIC)
BYCHRISTOPHER BRENNAN
NEW YORK DAILY NEWS
Updated: Wednesday, July 13, 2016, 7:19 AM
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Andrew Henson, 25, was killed last month after pointing his fingers in the shape of a gun at an Oklahoma police officer.
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Video from the encounter shows the suspect raising his arms towards the officer, later identified as Robert Reynolds.
“You’re going to have to kill me n----r,” Henson, who is white, yelled at the cop, who is also white.
Reynolds shot a burst of four shots and then a fifth as the driver slumped to the ground.
Newly released body camera footage showed Officer Robert Reynolds firing five shots at the 25-year-old.
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“I don’t know if he’s got a gun, he pointed it at me,” the officer tells a colleague afterwards.
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No guns were discovered.
"Mr. Henson failed to comply with the commands he was given and he reacted to what he perceived," Wagoner Police Chief Bob Haley said, according toKOTV.
State authorities are still investigating the shooting, and Reynolds remains on leave.