Gilroy police release body cam video of deadly shooting at post office

By KTVU staff

Published October 8, 2021 7:45am PDT

Gilroy police release body cam video of deadly shooting

Gilroy police released body camera video from last month, showing what led-up to a deadly-officer involved shooting of David Lopez.

GILROY, Calif. - Gilroy police on Thursday released body camera video from last month, showing what led up to a deadly-officer involved shooting.

Police say 40-year old David Lopez had agreed to meet them at the post office around 2:30 a.m. on Sept. 8.

He was wanted for an attempted murder in August, police said.

When officers arrived, they said Lopez immediately started shooting, and the officer fired back.

Authorities say Lopez then pulled out a second gun and fired again.

Another officer then shot and killed Lopez.

No Gilroy police officers were injured.

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