Overview
- San Diego police released edited body-worn camera footage from the Sept. 23 encounter with 41-year-old Huy Ly near Fay Elementary School in City Heights.
- Video and department statements show officers issued commands in English and Vietnamese, deployed beanbag rounds and a K-9, and pursued Ly when he ran.
- Footage depicts Ly turning toward officers while holding what appeared to be a handgun; investigators later determined it was an orange-tipped replica, and a knife was also recovered.
- Officers Andres Ruiz and Wyatt-Lee Basson fired, lifesaving measures were attempted, Ly died at the scene, and no officers were injured.
- The California Department of Justice has taken over the investigation and will refer the case to its special prosecution section, with SDPD and the city’s Commission on Police Practices conducting separate reviews.