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LOS ANGELES — The Los Angeles Police Department released an array of video footage and audio recordings Monday that captured the chaotic moments before and after an officer opened fire with a long rifle inside a Burlington store two days before Christmas, killing a 14-year-old girl and an assault suspect.
The videos and audio, showing everything from the suspect's erratic movements in the store and his attacks on multiple customers to the moments an officer opened fire with a long rifle, show police didn't give any commands to the suspect, who was shot down the aisle from the bloodied assault victim.
The lone officer who opened fire, however, was told to "slow down" more than a dozen times by other responding officers before shots were fired. He has been placed on administrative leave, the department confirmed to USA TODAY, and not yet publicly identified.