Overview
- Footage shows Gary Gates advancing with a knife and telling deputies to "get your gun out" and "don't miss" before Deputy Maxwell Hammond fired.
- The encounter unfolded near the Christmas by the Sea event with crowds nearby, and a deputy is heard stating that five shots were fired.
- The release includes the 911 recording in which Gates sought a specific deputy shortly beforehand, and investigators say a retractable knife was recovered.
- Hammond is seen providing medical aid before paramedics transported Gates to a hospital, where he later died.
- Two days earlier, crisis and mental-health teams contacted Gates after reports he threatened "suicide by cop" while holding a 6-inch folding knife, and SDPD now leads an outside probe that will go to the district attorney and the civilian review board.