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A Fontana, California, police officer under attack during a February traffic stop. The suspect was shot by another officer.
Screen Shot from Fontana PD Video
The Fontana (California) Police Department has released video of an attack on one of its officers that led to an officer-involved shooting.
The officer's partner shot the suspect and they were able to take him into custody. The man, later identified by authorities as Alan A. Metka, 56, survived and is awaiting trial, ABC7 reports.
The incident happened Feb. 9 in Yucaipa. Fontana officers were involved in a gang operation with the San Bernardino County Sheriff's Department when they pulled the man over for traffic violations.
As her body-worn camera later revealed, the change in his demeanor happened as one of the officers discovered the man was hiding a gun.
The video shows the man attacking the officer.
The officer who was checking the man’s information ran to help his partner and shot the suspect one time. The video shows him on the ground in pain. He was cuffed and taken to a local hospital to be treated for his injury.