Orlando police shooting of unarmed Black man captured on bodycam footage
- 10 months ago
Newly-released bodycam footage shows the police shooting of Derek Diaz on 3 July.
Orlando police shot the 26-year-old, an unarmed Black man, while he was sat inside a parked vehicle near Jefferson Street and North Orange Avenue.
He later died in hospital.
Footage shows a police officer opening the vehicle door while telling Diaz to put his hands on the wheel.
Diaz then reaches for the vehicle’s centre console before the sound of a gunshot is heard.
Police said that Diaz made a "movement as to retrieve a gun."
Orlando police shot the 26-year-old, an unarmed Black man, while he was sat inside a parked vehicle near Jefferson Street and North Orange Avenue.
He later died in hospital.
Footage shows a police officer opening the vehicle door while telling Diaz to put his hands on the wheel.
Diaz then reaches for the vehicle’s centre console before the sound of a gunshot is heard.
Police said that Diaz made a "movement as to retrieve a gun."