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This disturbing footage shows the moment a man armed with knives is shot dead by a police officer.

The extraordinary video, taken from the bodycam of Idaho cop Spencer Mortensen, shows him shooting dead 35-year-old Dalton Gardens.

Police have released the footage after an investigation found the officer innocent of any wrongdoing.

They said Gardens had been intent on 'suicide by cop'.

Mortensen had followed Gardens into the apartment after he apparently fled the scene of a car crash.

A friend had told the officer that Gardens had a knife and that she feared he was about to cut himself.

The footage shows Mortensen entering the property and going towards the kitchen.

Gardens appears in shot holding two knives.

The officer has his gun raised and repeatedly tells him to drop the knife.

As Gardens starts moves towards him he shouts: "I will shoot you".

Mortensen backs away but when Gardens continues to walk towards him he fires five shots in quick succession and the man falls to the floor.

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