HUNTINGTON BEACH – A policeman shot and killed a male outside a 7-Eleven across the street from Marina High School Friday morning, with a video of the shooting quickly spreading across social media.

Police released some details of the fatal shooting, which prompted a temporary lockdown of the campus, but a portion of the confrontation captured by a witness on video provided an up-close view of a struggle between the officer and the unidentified man.

New video surfaces, showing more of the encounter before the shooting

It’s unclear how old the victim was, but witnesses said they believed he was a young man, perhaps in his 20s.

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WARNING: The video below contains graphic content

The officer came in contact with the man at about 9:30 a.m. The policeman was not on a dispatched call; it was unclear if he was on a break or just stopped by.

Soon afterward, there was a struggle.

At one point, the officer tried to subdue the man with a Taser, Huntington Beach Chief Robert Handy told reporters Friday evening.

“Clearly, the suspect was resisting,” the chief said. “Clearly, this person was attacking our officer.”

Video of the incident, shared widely on Twitter, Facebook and the mainstream media, appeared to capture the end of the confrontation.

The video begins with the man on the ground, his hands and feet flailing, in the parking lot of the 7-Eleven between a curb and a parked car, with the officer standing above him.

The man appears to grab something from the officer’s belt, at which point the officer pulls his gun and backs up. Within seconds, six gunshots are heard, as is someone yelling, “Get down!”

A final, seventh gunshot rings out.

The man turns, leans back and then falls against the window of the 7-Eleven, with a dark object appearing to fall from one of his hands as he sinks to the ground. The chief said he didn’t know what the item was.

The man was taken to a hospital, where he was pronounced dead. Authorities haven’t released his name or age, pending notification of his next of kin.

The officer was not injured, although someone in the store was grazed, perhaps by a shard of glass or a bullet, and treated.

Handy said the officer, who was not identified, is a 2 1/2 year veteran of the Huntington Beach Police Department and has been placed on administrative leave pending the outcome of an investigation.

Huntington Beach Police Chief Robert Handy speaks to the media Friday evening after an officer involved shooting at a 7-Eleven store across the street from Marina High School left a male suspect dead in Huntington Beach on Friday, September 22, 2017. (Photo by Sam Gangwer, Orange County Register/SCNG)

The scene of a shooting out in front of a 7-Eleven at Springdale Street and Edinger Avenue in Huntington Beach near at Marina High School. (Photo by Lori Shepler, Contributing Photographer)

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Students from Marina High School look at the scene of a shooting out in front of a 7-Eleven at Springdale Street and Edinger Avenue in Huntington Beach. (Photo by Lori Shepler, Contributing Photographer)

The scene of a shooting out in front of a 7-Eleven at Springdale Street and Edinger Avenue in Huntington Beach on Friday. (Photo by Lori Shepler, Contributing Photographer)

The scene of a shooting out in front of a 7-Eleven at Springdale Street and Edinger Avenue in Huntington Beach on Friday. (Photo by Lori Shepler, Contributing Photographer)



Huntington Beach Police Chief Robert Handy speaks to the media Friday evening after an officer-involved shooting at a 7-Eleven store across the street from Marina High School left a man dead in Huntington Beach on Friday, September 22, 2017. (Photo by Sam Gangwer, Orange County Register/SCNG)

The scene of a shooting out in front of a 7-Eleven at Springdale Street and Edinger Avenue in Huntington Beach on Friday. (Photo by Lori Shepler, Contributing Photographer)

The scene of a shooting out in front of a 7-Eleven at Springdale Street and Edinger Avenue in Huntington Beach on Friday. (Photo by Lori Shepler, Contributing Photographer)

Orange County Sheriff’s evidence technicians carry bags of evidence away from a 7-Eleven on Friday evening after an officer involved shooting there left a male suspect dead in Huntington Beach on Friday, September 22, 2017. (Photo by Sam Gangwer, Orange County Register/SCNG)

Huntington Beach Police Chief Robert Handy speaks to the media Friday evening after an officer involved shooting at a 7-Eleven across the street from Marina High School left a male suspect dead in Huntington Beach on Friday, September 22, 2017. (Photo by Sam Gangwer, Orange County Register/SCNG)



Huntington Beach Police Chief Robert Handy speaks to the media Friday evening after an officer involved shooting at a 7-Eleven across the street from Marina High School left a male suspect dead in Huntington Beach on Friday, September 22, 2017. (Photo by Sam Gangwer, Orange County Register/SCNG)

Huntington Beach Police Chief Robert Handy speaks to the media Friday evening after an officer involved shooting at a 7-Eleven across the street from Marina High School left a male suspect dead in Huntington Beach on Friday, September 22, 2017. (Photo by Sam Gangwer, Orange County Register/SCNG)

The video doesn’t show the entire encounter, the chief said: “Let’s let the investigation put this into context.”

Mario Guerrero, a nearby resident, was shopping across the street from the 7-Eleven when he heard the frantic aftermath of the shooting, including police cars racing to the scene and a police helicopter flying low. A woman ran by yelling that there had been a shooting.

“It was chaotic for a while,” he said.

Guerrero joined a group of shoppers watching as the paramedics attended to the injured man.

“It seemed like he was still alive, because they were giving him compressions,” he said.

Mario Sanchez, a resident of an apartment complex adjacent to the 7-Eleven, didn’t hear the gunshots but walked out to see several police cars pull up and a pair of officers holding guns jump out. Sanchez didn’t recognize the man, who was lying handcuffed, face-down on the ground.

Looking for information on the shooting a short time later, Sanchez came across the video.

“Just terrible,” Sanchez said of the situation as he stood and watched detectives in the parking lot of the 7-Eleven several hours after the shooting. “It’s just sad, you know.”

Guerrero said the neighborhood usually has little crime, beyond the occasional transient hanging around parking lots.

“It’s really a calm area,” he said.

The shooting is being investigated by the Orange County Sheriff’s Department, as is routine for shootings involving police officers in Huntington Beach.