Bodycam video shows LAPD fatally shooting man holding replica rifle in Boyle Heights

BOYLE HEIGHTS, Calif. (KABC) -- The Los Angeles Police Department on Thursday released body camera video that showed officers fatally shooting a man holding what turned out to be a replica rifle in Boyle Heights last month.

The incident occurred on the morning of July 14, when officers responded to a call of a man with a "possible assault rifle" on Spence Street, near Eighth Street, the LAPD said in a statement.

"Upon arrival, officers observed the suspect, identified as 26-year-old Jeremy Anthony Flores, in the driver's seat of a white utility van, parked to the rear of 1200 Spence Street, holding an assault rifle," a police news release said. "Additional resources were requested as Flores was ordered to exit the vehicle and drop the weapon; however, he refused to follow commands, raised the rifle, and an Officer-Involved Shooting (OIS) occurred."

Authorities have not provided further details on what exactly led up to the shooting. A SWAT team removed the man from his van.

A SWAT team was summoned to the scene, where officers deployed an aerial drone equipped with a video camera to look inside the van. The footage shows Flores slumped over and unresponsive after being shot.

SWAT officers approached the vehicle, opened the passenger-side door and removed the replica rifle before Flores was extricated. He was pronounced dead at the scene after sustaining multiple gunshot wounds.