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Kentucky State Police have released body camera footage of a June 19 incident in which an undercover Louisville Metro Police Department officer fatally shoots a man in Louisville’s Portland neighborhood after an apparent carjacking attempt.
Video footage released Thursday morning shows the 21-year-old white male, who appears to be wearing a black balaclava, walking in front of the unmarked car before approaching the driver's-side door. In the video, the door opens, and the man can be seen pointing a handgun at the LMPD officer, who was identified on Thursday as Matt Hayden, a 10-year veteran of the force.
"Police!" yells Hayden as the door opens. He then fires several shots at the man, who falls to the ground.
KSP, which is conducting the investigation into the shooting, identified the man who approached the officer's vehicle as Mark Jaggers Jr.
In a statement released alongside the body camera footage, KSP Capt. Paul Blanton said Jaggers opened the driver's-side door before Hayden fired.
Jaggers appears to be alert initially, telling Hayden "I wasn't going to rob you" after the officer radios in that he just experienced an attempted robbery.