Overview
- Los Angeles County deputies responded to a 911 call about a man with knives and confronted Robert Castro in a Lancaster parking lot on June 20.
- Authorities and the released body camera footage say Castro pulled a knife, ran at and stabbed Deputy #1, and the deputy fired his service weapon while a second deputy also opened fire.
- Investigators say the video shows Castro removing a knife from his pocket and that he was armed with three knives during the encounter.
- Castro was taken to a hospital and pronounced dead while the stabbed deputy was transported separately and treated for his wound.
- The California DOJ’s Police Shooting Investigation Team has opened an AB1506 investigation that will be completed and forwarded to the DOJ’s Special Prosecutions Section for independent review, and the released recordings shape public understanding but are not a final finding.