Orange County Sheriff’s Department Shares Video of Deadly Shooting

Orange County Sheriff's Department vehicles are parked outside the Saddleback Station in Lake Forest, Calif., on Sept. 14, 2020. John Fredricks/The Epoch Times

Footage of the fatal police shooting of a hooded, gun-wielding woman was released by the Orange County Sheriff’s Department (OCSD) Feb. 12 in a move it hoped would bolster public trust.

The video, taken about 1 a.m. last June 24, begins with a sheriff’s deputy scouring a darkened Lake Forest street following reports of a neighborhood robbery. A flashlight illuminates the street until a spotlight settles on a woman who appears to be holding a gun.