Denton police release body camera footage from fatal shooting

555 A Denton County grand jury declined to charges earlier this month against Denton police Officer John Landolfo for shooting and killing a man who swung a knife toward him on Feb. 19 in a wooded area off Spencer Road. According to body camera footage released by the department Friday afternoon, Landolfo fired two rounds at 45-year-old Lawrence Shaw as Shaw swung a knife within 5 to 10 feet of the officer. Landolfo deployed his Taser twice before firing his weapon. Landolfo is a seven-year veteran of the department. Shaw originally was from California but spent time in several other states before the shooting, according to Troy Taylor, Denton chief death investigator and spokesman for the Tarrant County Medical Examiner's Office. He was shot after he refused to put the weapon down, according to earlier . Also, this is the first fatal Denton police shooting captured on body camera footage since the department implemented the devices for all patrol officers in 2015.

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