Newly released video shows intense moments before Half Moon Bay shooting
Newly released video shows intense moments before Half Moon Bay shooting
Newly released body camera video shows the intense moments leading up to a deadly police shooting in Half Moon Bay. Sandra Lee Harmon died from her injuries on May 5. Elissa Harrington reports
HALF MOON BAY, Calif. - Newly released body camera video shows the intense moments leading up to a deadly police shooting in Half Moon Bay.
Sandra Lee Harmon died from her injuries on May 5.
Two deputies fired shots – but only one had his body camera turned on.
The San Mateo County Sheriff’s office released 12 minutes of video.
This includes footage from a security camera at a Half Moon Bay business showing a woman carrying what appears to be a rifle down Main Street.
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A 911 caller tells a dispatcher the woman has a gun, a bottle of wine, and warns a "race war" was going to happen.
What happened next was not recorded.
That’s when a deputy and the 56-year-old Harmon exchanged gunfire outside a motor home.
A second deputy arrived with body-worn camera activated.
Both deputies are heard ordering Harmon to the get on the ground.
They opened fire when – according to the sheriff’s office – Harmon reached for her gun that she had either placed or dropped on the ground.
The District Attorney’s office is investigating the shooting.