New video footage has emerged of the fatal police shooting of a black man in Louisiana, showing one of the officers involved taking what looks like a gun out of Alton Sterling's pocket as the father of five lay dying on the ground.
There have already been demonstrations from protesters shouting “Black Lives matter” after a first video appeared to show two white police officers holding Mr Sterling down and shooting him in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, on Tuesday.
A second video, recorded by a local shopkeeper from a different angle, has now emerged.
It appears to show Mr Sterling already on the ground, with one police officer kneeling beside him and the other apparently straddling his legs.
After someone shouts the word “gun”, both officers appear to draw their weapons. At least two shots are fired.
The camera pans away from the scene, but a further burst of gunfire can be heard on the audio.
When the camera pans back, one officer can be seen lying on his side pointing his gun at Mr Sterling, who now has a large pool of blood on his chest.
A passer-by can be heard asking: “What was that for, man?” A police officer is heard saying: “Shots fired, shots fired.”
As Mr Sterling slowly moves his left arm, the second officer comes into view and removes what appears to be a gun from Mr Sterling’s right trouser pocket.
The video clip was filmed by Abdullah Muflahi, the owner of the convenience store outside which the shooting occurred. The police officers had been called to after reports that a man selling CDs outside the convenience store had threatened someone with a gun.
Mr Muflahi told the Guardian: “I was just in shock. They shot him three times, and rolled off of him. Then they shot him three more times.
“That’s his gun they are taking out of his pocket.
“As soon as I finished the video, I put my phone in my pocket. I knew they would take it from me, if they knew I had it. They took my security camera videos. They told me they had a warrant, but didn’t show me one. So I kept this video for myself. Otherwise, what proof do I have?”
The US Department of Justice has launched a civil rights investigation into the incident.
