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FARGO-The relatives of Orlando Estrada reached out to WDAY-TV Thursday, March 22, saying they are concerned with how police are describing the officer-involved shooting.

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Family and close friends of Estrada say officers shot him through the door at this apartment building, leaving two holes in the apartment door. Estrada then made a video recording after being shot.

In the video, Estrada repeats that police "didn't have to shoot him," and he also shows off the bloody wounds.

Then, you can hear him talking to police behind the door inside the apartment unit.

Estrada asks to talk with his loved ones before coming out of the apartment unit, where he barricaded himself.

Neighbors describe it as an hour-and-a-half-long attempt to coax him out by police.

Fargo Police Chief David Todd says Estrada opened the door at this unit and showed a large knife, which is when officers fired towards the apartment door as it was being shut.

"It happened that quick. The knife up like that. And then going back, and slamming the door as the officers were shooting," said Todd.

Family and friends, who didn't want to speak to WDAY-TV on camera, say the officers shot at a closed door, with Estrada behind it.

They say Estrada slammed it, and then, the officers fired their weapons. Todd says that hallway exchange lasted five seconds.

"What I am hearing as far as what the officers did in the hallway, as far as the option the officers chose to use seems to be appropriate," said Todd.

While friends admit he has a long rap sheet and many run-in's with the law, they say Estrada would "never bring a knife to a gun fight."

Estrada is expected to make his first court appearance on Friday.

Neighbors say they could hear the whole ordeal play out from their units. They describe hearing officers and SWAT team members trying to coax out Estrada from the apartment unit.

Neighbors told WDAY-TV that the neighborhood where the shooting took place is often quiet, but one man who lives inside the building says he's only been there for one month before this high-profile incident.

"Asking him his phone number. Asking him if he was still by the door. Asking him what was going on inside, if he was okay. Basically, trying to coax him out of the apartment," said Morgen Grady, who lives in the building.

Neighbors say it was the sheer number of officers and sirens.

One neighbor describes seeing around 15 officers.