LAPD officer shoots man holding brother at knifepoint, bodycam video shows

Dramatic body camera footage captured a tense confrontation between Los Angeles police and a man who was holding his brother at knifepoint.

The newly-released video is from May 1 at a home near 76th Street and Normandie Avenue. Police were first called to the scene for a possible burglary.

When officers arrived, family members told them that two brothers were fighting inside the house. Those officers quickly encountered one of the brothers struggling with the other over a knife, as seen in the newly-released surveillance video…

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