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| Texas police 'shoot man with hands up' | Texas police 'shoot man with hands up' |
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| Video footage has emerged that appears to show police in Texas shooting and killing a man who had his hands up. | Video footage has emerged that appears to show police in Texas shooting and killing a man who had his hands up. |
| In the video, obtained by local media in San Antonio, Gilbert Flores is seen outside a house with his arms raised before shots are fired and he falls. | In the video, obtained by local media in San Antonio, Gilbert Flores is seen outside a house with his arms raised before shots are fired and he falls. |
| Police say he was armed and officers first attempted to subdue the 41-year-old with a stun gun. | Police say he was armed and officers first attempted to subdue the 41-year-old with a stun gun. |
| A series of fatal police shootings in the last year have sparked protests and increased scrutiny on police tactics. | A series of fatal police shootings in the last year have sparked protests and increased scrutiny on police tactics. |
| Bexar County District Attorney Nico LaHood said the video was "disturbing" but told people not to "rush to judgement" over what may have happened. | Bexar County District Attorney Nico LaHood said the video was "disturbing" but told people not to "rush to judgement" over what may have happened. |
| Meanwhile, US officials say a second video has emerged that gives a "very clear view" of a confrontation, the Associated Press reports. The officials declined to provide further details. | |
| 'Cause for concern' | |
| Police said the officers were responding to a domestic dispute involving a woman who had been cut in the head with a knife. She had been holding a baby who may also have been harmed, they said. | Police said the officers were responding to a domestic dispute involving a woman who had been cut in the head with a knife. She had been holding a baby who may also have been harmed, they said. |
| The officers involved, Greg Vasquez and Robert Sanchez, have been placed on administrative leave while the incident is investigated by the sheriff's department. | The officers involved, Greg Vasquez and Robert Sanchez, have been placed on administrative leave while the incident is investigated by the sheriff's department. |
| "Certainly, what's in the video is a cause for concern," said Sheriff Susan Pamerleau, adding that the investigation must be allowed to run its course. | "Certainly, what's in the video is a cause for concern," said Sheriff Susan Pamerleau, adding that the investigation must be allowed to run its course. |
| The initial video was recorded by a motorist from some distance. | |
| The two police officers are believed to have been without body cameras during the incident. | |
| They and the victim were Hispanic. | |
| The fatal shooting a year ago of unarmed black teenager Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri, by a white police officer sparked protests and a national debate about racial bias and the use of force by police. | |
| US officials have recently voiced concern that such deadly confrontations have triggered retaliatory shootings of officers, including last week's death of a sheriff's deputy in Houston, Texas. | |
| Three other officers have been killed while on duty in the last eight days. | |
| Comprehensive numbers of how many US police officers kill individuals while on duty do not exist. | |
| The FBI records "justifiable homicides" by police officers. There were 461 such cases in 2013. |