VIDEO: Cops Execute Man at Point Blank Range After Responding to Calls of Him Selling CD’s

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Baton Rouge, LA — A graphic cell phone video showing two officers execute a man at point blank range early Tuesday morning has prompted outrage in a Baton Rouge community.

The victim, 37-year-old Alton Sterling was shot around 12:30 a.m. at the Triple S Food Market after Baton Rouge police officers responded to calls about a man selling CDs in front of the store who was armed. The store owner, however, knew Sterling and noted that he’d been selling CDs there for years.

State Rep. C. Denise Marcelle, who was briefed by the police chief, noted that the officers were wearing body cameras. However, both cameras fell off during the struggle and failed to capture the shooting. Marcelle told WAFB there is at least one surveillance camera from the store and one dashcam that captured the shooting, but police have not released them.

“What I said to the chief is he has to have transparency in this matter because as you can see this is getting out of hand. People are clearly upset and they want transparency,” Marcelle said.

The cellphone video was taken from a car parked next to the officers as they approached Sterling. It is short, but it shows police tackle Sterling to the ground and officers jumping on top of him and killing him.

“He has a gun!” yelled one of the officers.

“You f*****g move, I swear to God,” says another officer just before firing two rounds into Sterling at point blank range. After the two rounds are fired, the person filming pans away in fear and we can hear at least three more shots.

When the officers fired, it appears that they have Sterling under control. The first officer to fire did so as he knelt down on Sterling’s left arm.

According to police, Sterling had a gun, but it was in his pocket — he was not holding it.

Abdul Muflahi, who witnessed the shooting from three feet away, said he saw officers reach into Sterling’s pocket after they killed him and pull out a gun. During the struggle, “His hand was nowhere (near) his pocket,” Muflahi said.

“They were really aggressive with him from the start,” Muflahi said about the officers.

“God bless his soul,” said Muflahi. “It could have been handled differently, much differently. On both sides, it could have been handled differently.”

East Baton Rouge Parish Coroner William “Beau” Clark said the initial results of an autopsy performed Tuesday show Sterling died due to a homicide and suffered multiple — meaning more than two — gunshot wounds to the chest and back, reports The Advocate.

The department has yet to name the officers involved in the shooting but noted they had been placed on paid leave, which is standard procedure.

Alton Sterling had his run-ins with the police before, but he was a good man and did not deserve to die.

Let's go ahead and put this out here before the media photoshop a pic of him with a gun in his hand. #AltonSterling pic.twitter.com/iMt46MoyRM — Ty (@TC_133) July 6, 2016

Below is the graphic footage.

Below is the owner of the store giving his eyewitness testimony.

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