It is unclear whether gunfire from both officers struck Plack. But Cardounel released a video Thursday in which he described one officer retreating from the woman and another officer shooting her as she then came toward him swinging her weapon. Cardounel said Friday that he didn’t mean to mislead anyone in Thursday’s video; he said he was not speaking from a script and his narrative focused on the officer who had no escape route as Plack charged at him.

“The officer at that point literally had less than four seconds to make a decision, although he made several attempts and pleaded for her to stop and for her to desist,” Cardounel said in the video Thursday. “She continued to come at him with the ax. And the officer had to make the most difficult decision in his life and his career, which was to use deadly force.”

Only one of the two officers — the one who was being charged at by Plack — had a Taser as well as a gun. The video shows the Taser was never used.

Henrico police allowed reporters to view the video taken on both officers’ bodycams but prohibited reporters from taking photos or videos of the footage and have not released it publicly. Cardounel said the immediate family — Plack’s two adult children and ex-husband — have been offered a chance to view the videos, but they hadn’t seen it as of Friday evening.