Videos released of Niani Finlayson shooting
LASD released the body camera footage of the shooting that killed Niani Finlayson, a young mother who called 911 in response to an alleged domestic violence situation in Lancaster.
LOS ANGELES – The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department released the body camera footage of the shooting that killed Niani Finlayson, a young mother who called 911 in response to an alleged domestic violence situation involving her boyfriend in Lancaster.
In the video shared by LASD, the department also shared audio of the Dec. 4 911 call Finlayson made when she told the operator that a man wouldn’t leave her home. The audio captured what seems like a chaotic scene at the house with a man yelling and Finlayson screaming and yelling back expletives while remaining on the line with the 911 operator.
Shortly after Finlayson opened the door, she yelled, “I’m about to stab him… he pushed my baby,” prompting the deputies to yell “Hey!”
The shooting happened in front of the little girl and Finlayson’s boyfriend, who had his hands up at the time of the shooting, yelled at the deputies, “Why did you shoot?”
At no point in the body camera videos showed the boyfriend or the little girl asking LASD to shoot Finlayson.
“You just pull out your gun like… like she’s a dog on the street?” he said in a press conference earlier in the month.
Alleged domestic violence survivor shot by cops
The family of Niani Finlayson speaks after Finlayson was shot and killed by deputies in Los Angeles County. Finlayson had initially called for help because she was allegedly attacked by her ex-boyfriend. The ex-boyfriend has reportedly told LASD the mom should have never been shot in the first place.
