Welfare check turns into deadly shootout with Phoenix police

The Phoenix Police Department has released body camera footage from a Jan. 11 wellness check that left 43-year-old John Michael Lewis Jr. dead. The video footage police released on Thursday is part of the agency’s “critical incident briefing,” which is made public after any police shooting or in-custody death. The briefings are narrated by officers and include edited compilations of body camera footage, dispatch audio and other information regarding an incident.

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