Maine’s Attorney General’s office released the body camera footage of a fatal encounter June 11 between a police officer and a local citizen, Bangor Daily News reported Friday.
Footage obtained by the outlet appeared to show a Waldo County Sheriff’s Department (WCSD) deputy shooting Daniel Ryan in his apartment after he approached the officer with a red gas can whose mouth was on fire, the outlet reported.
The deputy was identified in the brief published footage of the encounter as WCSD Sgt. Nicholas Oettinger. (RELATED: Video Appears To Show Maine Man Shot After Fighting Cops, Shoving Them Down Embankment)
Sgt. Oettinger, whose hands can be seen around a rifle, could be heard in the video telling Ryan to put his hands up. The video then pivoted to the man carrying a lit red gas can.
“He has got fire! Put it…
