Man fatally shot by LA sheriff's deputies in video is identified

The man killed by Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputies as he crawled away from them was identified on Sunday as 28-year-old Nicholas Robertson.

Robertson’s killing was captured on video. In the footage, the officers shoot him and then continue to shoot as he is crawling away.

In a statement, the L.A. County Sheriff’s Department claimed that Robertson had been armed, ignored orders to drop his weapon and pointed the gun at the deputies.

WARNING: the video is graphic.

Local station KTLA said that Robertson, who was black, was a married father of three, and that at least 30 shots could be heard in the video.

Robertson’s family decried the killing, as station KCAL reported:

“They shot him in his shoulder, and he was crawling to this gas station,” said Pamela Brown, Robertson’s son-in-law.

She doesn’t believe Robertson had a gun and she doesn’t understand why deputies fired so many rounds.

“He left three kids behind,” she said, “Two daughters and a son. What?? They could have Tased him. Or anything.”