Newly released body cam video shows the moment a man holding a lighter with a pistol-like grip was shot dead by police in Los Angeles.
The shooting unfolded at approximately 11:20am on July 15, directly outside McDonald’s near the corner of Hollywood Boulevard and Highland Avenue.
Officers were dispatched to the scene following multiple reports of a man walking along Hollywood Boulevard with a gun.
Video shows LAPD officers confront the man, identified as 48-year-old Matthew James Sova, ordering him to drop his gun.
Sova raised an object resembling a firearm at the officers who responded by gunfire.
As Sova slumped to the ground, he dropped the object, later described as a butane lighter with a pistol-like grip, while still holding a black folding knife, according to police.
Sova was taken to a nearby hospital where he succumbed to his injuries.
The shooting remains under investigation.