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WEBVTT PUTY AFTER STABBING TWO PEOPLE. AND TONIGHT WE'RE GETTING OUR FIRST LOOK AT BODY CAMERA VIDEO. WE HAVE TEAM COVERAGE. FELIX CORTEZ IS LIVE FROM SANTA CRUZ. >> WE KNOW THE RELATION BETWEEN THE TWO MEN AND WE NOW KNOW THE NAME OF THE DEPUTY WHO FIRED THE FATAL SHOT. IT WAS ALL CAUGHT ON BODY CAM VIDEO, A VIOLENT OUTBURST ACCORDING TO THE SHERIFF'S FUELED BY LSD. >> THE SHOT THAT KILLED 15 EUROS LUKE SMITH WAS ABLE IT TO THE CHEST FIRED BY NINE YEAR -- 15-YEAR-OLD LUKE SMITH WAS A BULLET TO THE CHEST FIRED BY A NINE-YEAR VETERAN WHO HAS BEEN PLACED ON ADMINISTRATIVE LEAVE. >> WE NEED YOU TO STOP. DON'T COME ANY FURTHER. LUCAS, WE NEED YOU TO STOP. TASER. >> MONDAY AFTERNOON, THE SHERIFF RELEASED THE BODY CAM VIDEO OF THE DEALY CONFRONTATION. DURING THE STRETCH, DEPUTIES ARE HEARD, HE AND REPEATEDLY TRYING TO GET THE TEENAGER TO DROP THE KNIFE. TASERS WERE USED, TO NO EFFECT. K9 WAS DEPLOYED. LUKE STRUGGLED WITH THE DOG AND THAT IS WHEN THE DEPUTY FIRED AROUND. CLICKS WE HAD EXHAUSTED EVERY TOOL -- >> WE HAD EXHAUSTED EVERY TOOL IN OUR TOOLBELT. >> HE SAID LUKE'S VIOLENT OUTBURST WAS FUELED BY A TOXIC DOSE OF LSD. LUKE, IN A VIOLENT RAGE, TURNED AGAINST A FRIEND WHO TOOK THE DRUG WITH HIM, THEN STABBED HIS FATHER AND HIS UNCLE. >> WE BELIEVE HE WAS ACTING OUT BECAUSE OF HIS ADVERSE REACTION TO THE LSD HE TOOK. IN THAT STATE OF MIND, HE WAS VERY DANGEROUS. HE WAS A DANGER TO NEIGHBORS, EMERGENCY SERVICES, AND FIRST RESPONDERS. >> THE SHERIFF SAID THE FOUR PEOPLE WHO SOLD THE DRUG TO LUKE HAVE BEEN ARRESTED AND COULD BE FACING MURDER CHARGES. >> I DON'T KNOW IF FELONY MURDER COMES INTO PLAY ON THIS, BUT THAT IS A DISCUSSION WE WILL HAVE WITH THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S OFFICE. >> THIS THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S OFFICE THAT IS STILL IN CHARGE OF INVESTIGATING THE SHOOTING. TODAY, THE SHERIFF SAID HE WILL CONVENE A SPECIAL SERIOUS INCIDENT REVIEW BOARD THAT WILL HAVE THE TASK OF REVIEWING THIS INCIDENT, LOOKING AT THE POLICE TACTICS THAT WERE DEPLOYED AND WHETHER OTHER METHODS COULD HAVE OR SHOULD HAVE BEEN USED. >> THANK YOU. A BIG PART OF THIS STORY IS THE LSD, WHICH SHERIFF HART SAYS LUKE SMITH WAS ON WHEN THIS ALL TOOK PLACE. >> ACTION NEWS REPORTER PHIL GOMEZ CONTINUES OUR TEAM COVERAGE WITH THAT PART OF THE STORY. >> ALLEGATIONS WERE WANTING -- RUNNING RAMPANT ON THE INTERNET THAT LUKE WAS UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF LSD. THE PAPAL -- THE PEOPLE WHO SUPPORTED HAVE ALSO BEEN ARRESTED. >> THIS IS NOT SOMETHING HE WOULD HAVE DONE. I BELIEVE HE WAS ON SOMETHING WHEN THIS HAPPENED. >> VOICING WHAT FOLKS ON SOCIAL MEDIA WERE SAYING ALL ALONG. 15-YEAR-OLD LUKE SMITH WAS NOT CAPABLE OF THIS KIND OF VIOLENCE. >> LSD IS A TOUGH THING BECAUSE IT'S HARD TO DIFFERENTIATE BETWEEN REALITY AND NOT. >> THE BODY CAMERA VIDEO SHOWS DEPUTIES TRYING TO TALK LUKE INTO BEING COOPERATIVE BEFORE HE WAS FATALLY SHOT. AT A NEWS CONFERENCE, THE SHERIFF SAID LUKE WAS UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF LSD. >> IN THAT STATE OF MIND, HE WAS VERY DANGEROUS. HE WAS A DANGER TO NEIGHBORS, EMERGENCY SERVICE PERSONNEL, AND FIRST RESPONDERS. >> INVESTIGATORS ARRESTED FOR PEOPLE FOR DEALING LSD. THE DEALER HIMSELF WAS FOUND UNCONSCIOUS FROM AN OVERDOSE. >> IT IS EXTREMELY DIFFICULT FOR THE DRUG TREATMENT COMMUNITY AND LAW-ENFORCEMENT TO KEEP UP WITH THE PACE OF THE DRUGS BEING MANUFACTURED. WE WANT SHOULDER AND IN OUR COMMUNITY TO UNDERSTAND THAT A HORRIBLE RESULT CAN OCCUR -- CHILDREN IN OUR COMMUNITY TO UNDERSTAND THAT A HORRIBLE RESULT CAN OCCUR WHEN THESE DRUGS ARE USED. >> SCHOOLS HAVE CRISIS SUPPORT AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE COUNSELORS ON HAND. >> WE PROVIDED SOME LEVEL OF SUPPORT IN THIS AREA PRIOR, BUT WE HAVE INTENSIFIED THAT SUPPORT TODAY. >> THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE HAS NOT BEEN ABLE TO CONFIRM WHETHER OR