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Body Camera Police Shooting La Marque Joshua Feast Uncensored Fatal Dead

LA MARQUE, TX — The La Marque Police Department released bodycam video Monday of the officer who shot and killed 22-year-old Joshua Feast earlier this month. Feast was shot to death by Off... LA MARQUE, TX — The La Marque Police Department released bodycam video Monday of the officer who shot and killed 22-year-old Joshua Feast earlier this month. Feast was shot to death by Officer Jose Santos on December 9 across the street from his uncle’s house, where he was staying. According to the police department, all LMPD uniformed patrol officer wear Axon body cameras. When the cameras are turned on, the system buffers for at least 30 seconds and records video without audio. When Santos’ body camera was activated, no audio is made available for the first 30 seconds. Feast had been named a person of interest in shootings in La Marque. Feast had two outstanding felony warrants, including felon in possession of a firearm and felony evading arrest, police said. Investigators said on the evening of Wednesday, December 9, 2020, surveillance video identified who police believed to be Feast. Police said at around 11:10 pm, Officer Jose Santos was dispatched to see if Feast was near a residence on Pirtle Street and attempted to arrest him on the outstanding warrants. Upon arrival, investigators said Officer Santos saw a person believed to be Feast leaning into the passenger side of a vehicle. Police said Santos exited his patrol vehicle, called out to Feast, and observed that Feast was holding a handgun.Santos said Feast abruptly turned towards him. Investigators said Santos then discharged one round from his pistol. Feast was shot in his back, officers said. Investigators said almost immediately following the shot, the handgun that Feast was holding fell to the ground. Feast ran nearly 30 yards before collapsing in the driveway of a nearby residence in the 1000 block of Pirtle, police said. Santos immediately called for medical personnel, investigators said. A backup officer arrived and Feast was transferred to an ambulance to receive emergency medical attention, police said. Investigators said the gun that fell from Feast’s hand was recovered by officers and turned over to the Galveston County Sheriff’s Office investigators on scene. While Feast was in the ambulance receiving treatment, a second handgun was recovered after it fell from his clothing, investigators said.The second handgun was also turned over to the sheriff’s office, according to authorities. Civil rights attorney Ben Crump, who is representing the family, said the bodycam video confirms “a defenseless man was shot in the back when he had not disobeyed a single lawful command and posed no threat to the officer.” He also accused the Galveston County Sheriff’s Office of lying “in order to taint and twist the narrative in the press, offer a justification for Santos’ actions and untruthfully attack the character of the deceased, Joshua Feast.” Monday afternoon, after the body camera video circulated throughout the community of less than 20,000 people, protestors gathered at La Marque’s City Hall. Protestors called for the immediate firing and prosecution of Officer Jose Santos, who remains on administrative leave — and the resignation of La Marque’s Police Chief, Kirk Jackson. “There have been calls from the community for the immediate termination of Officer Santos,” said La Marque City Manager Tink Jackson. “If we were to take an employment action on any officer in an officer-involved shooting, or to even begin the administrative investigation before the Sheriff’s Office investigation is complete, we could jeopardize the criminal investigation.” Show more