ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla. – The St. Johns County Sheriff’s Office released the bodycam footage in the fatal Wednesday morning deputy-involved shooting of a 45-year-old man in St. Augustine.
The incident happened around 5:42 a.m. after St. Johns County Sheriff’s Office deputies Joseph Mailloux and Kristapher James responded to calls from a resident who lived on 1st Street near Brainard Drive about a man in her backyard.
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The woman also told deputies that she and Brad Sweeny had gotten into a confrontation the previous day.
When the deputies arrived, the bodycam footage showed Sweeny walking toward the deputies, who demanded that he put the gun down.
The video showed Sweeny put the gun on the ground, but moments later, it appeared that he tried to pick it back up, prompting the deputies to shoot him out of concern for their safety and the safety of others.
He was given medical aid, but died from his injuries.
The deputies were uninjured.
SJCO said the gun had a live round chambered.
Mailloux and James were put on administrative leave as the investigation continued.