Video shows confusion over use of Taser vs. gun in fatal LAPD shooting of 23-year-old woman

Bodycam footage of a fatal police shooting of a 23-year-old woman armed with a knife in Panorama City on June 15 shows there was confusion among the officers over deploying a Taser or using a gun.

After the deadly shooting, one officer on the video is heard asking, “It was just a Taser, right?”

“No,” says another officer, “She’s got a gunshot wound. Yeah, I didn’t know that either.”

The footage was part of the Los Angeles Police Department’s critical incident report, which shows that shortly after midnight...