Reyal Jardine-Douglas tried to flee through the back doors of a bus before he pulled a knife and advanced toward a police officer, security video played Tuesday at an inquest shows.

The final moments of the 25-year-old man’s life were viewed at a coroner’s inquest into three fatal police shootings. Jardine-Douglas, Sylvia Klibingaitis and Michael Eligon all had mental health issues and were carrying sharp objects when they were shot by Toronto Police.

Jardine-Douglas boarded a bus on Victoria Park Ave. just after 3 p.m. on Aug. 29, 2010. He had been behaving erratically for days, prompting his sister to call 911 to admit him to hospital.

Security video shows Jardine-Douglas sitting near the back of the bus calmly for several minutes. After two police cars force the driver to pull over, Jardine-Douglas becomes agitated and begins to slam on the back doors.

When he is unable to exit, Jardine-Douglas rifles through his bag and removes a knife about six inches long from its packaging.

Two officers board at the front of the bus, and Jardine-Douglas walks quickly toward them. The officer in front appears to yell something and scrambles backwards. Within seconds, Jardine-Douglas chases the officers off the bus.

Bus driver Ralph Charles testified that when the officer initially boarded, he said in a calm voice, “Can you come with me, sir?” But after he saw the object in Jardine-Douglas’s hand, he pulled his gun and began to yell, “Drop the knife!”

As Jardine-Douglas continued to advance, the officer fired two or three shots. Jardine-Douglas fell slightly and began to get back up, with the object still in his hand, Charles said. The officer fired again. That time, he did not get up.

The bus driver shed tears during his testimony, saying the incident was traumatic for him as a father.

“I’ve seen shootings in movies. I’ve never seen it . . .” said Charles, his voice breaking. “It’s hard to see a parent bury their own kids.”

Another witness, Blythe Brett, saw the incident from a car. She testified that Jardine-Douglas did not appear to be scared or trying to run away. He was chasing the officer in a “very aggressive” way, she said.

“I thought that either the police officer was going to get hurt or he was going to shoot the man,” she said. “There was no question. I thought that the police officer was in danger.”

Brett told the Special Investigations Unit that about 14 seconds passed between the time the officer got off the bus to the moment Jardine-Douglas was shot.

Elizabeth Phillips saw the shooting from the balcony of her nearby home. She testified she heard the officers yell, “Get off the bus!” and “Get down!” At one point, she heard an officer say, “Do as we say.”

Contrary to the bus driver’s testimony, Phillips said she heard six shots total — four shots, then a pause, and then two more.

A lawyer for the Jardine-Douglas family said outside the courtroom that he thought the police had escalated the situation.

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“This is a case where the officers knew this was a (mentally ill) person,” said John Weingust. “They send out two cars . . . like they’re going to investigate a robbery or some other crime. That’s a terrible attitude to start with.”

The parents of Jardine-Douglas sat with grim expressions as they watched the video of their deceased son. Juliet Jardine said Monday her son had been a star student and basketball player before becoming reclusive and paranoid as a teenager.

Jardine-Douglas was pronounced dead at hospital, after suffering two gunshot wounds. The SIU cleared the officer of any wrongdoing in the case.