According to LVMPD, due to the circumstance of Pitcher being suicidal, in a residential neighborhood, and armed with a knife, officers began deploying low-lethal rounds at Pitcher to get him to drop the knife.
After commands from officers to drop his weapon, Pitcher is seen on body cam footage moving toward the group of officers with a knife still in his hand.
Three officers ultimately fired 18 low-lethal rounds and 17 handgun rounds, killing Pitcher.
LVMPD reports officers rendered immediate medical care awaiting additional medical assistance.
Had he survived, LVMPD representatives say he would have been charged with the following crimes resulting from the incident:
3 counts of attempted murder with a deadly weapon on a protected person 3 counts of assault with a deadly weapon on a protected person 1 count of resisting with a weapon
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