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On March 7, Scottsdale police shot and killed 42-year-old Joseph Santos after a person called 911 to report that he had brandished a gun at a gas station. However, after shooting Santos with a volley of bullets, police found no weapon on Santos or in his car.
Scottsdale police released details of the shooting in a Critical Incident Briefing video on April 4. The briefings are narrated by officers and contain snippets of dispatch audio and footage from security and body-worn cameras. The briefing on Santos’ death showed him confronting someone at a gas station and arguing with officers after they stopped him in his car…