The Santa Monica Police Department released body camera footage Thursday of an attack on an officer in October that ended with a knife-wielding man shot and killed outside the department’s headquarters.

The incident occurred around 5:21 p.m., Oct. 5, when the officer was walking outside the building to speak with a woman about an unrelated call, according to the department.

The officer’s body camera video showed three people outside — the suspect, later identified as 28-year-old Deyaa Abdelhadi Halaibeh, the woman and another man.

“Let me talk to them first and then we can talk,” the officer is heard telling Halaibeh, who approached him at the door.

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The Santa Monica Police Department has released body camera footage of a knife attack on an officer outside police headquarters that ended with the suspect being shot. (Santa Monica Police Department)

Halaibeh, who had one hand in her jacket, asked if the other people were first at the building, and the woman said she was. He then began to speak before the officer interrupted him to ask what was in his jacket.

“What do you have in your jacket? I’m kind of nervous with your hand in your jacket like that,” the officer said.

“Are you nervous?” Halaibeh said, then lunged at the officer with a knife. The officer was stabbed and cut before he could run to the side of the building and arm himself with his gun as Halaibeh attacked him.

The officer fired several shots, causing Halaibeh to stumble and drop the knife. He took the knife back and started walking towards the officer again before he was shot.

The knife Halaibeh used was an eight-inch chef’s knife he stole from Target before arriving at the police station, according to surveillance video. (Santa Monica Police Department)

Santa Monica police said he was pronounced dead at the station. The officer was taken to the hospital, where he was treated and released.

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Halaibeh, a resident of New York, he had no criminal record in California and no prior contact with Santa Monica police, the department said. It is unclear what led him to attack the officer.

The knife he used was an eight-inch chef’s knife that was part of a package he snatched from a Target employee minutes before he arrived at the police station, according to surveillance video. Halaibeh allegedly assaulted the employee during the theft.

Halaibeh was caught on surveillance video at Target attacking an employee after asking for a package of knives from the back. He then ran from the store with the package and went to Santa Monica Police headquarters. (Santa Monica Police Department)

Santa Monica police said California law gives departments 45 days to release video and audio recordings of critical incidents, and the department understands the importance of doing so when deadly force is used.

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“The use of force by law enforcement personnel is a matter of critical concern to both the public and the law enforcement community. Every day, officers are involved in rapidly evolving interactions with members of the public and, when warranted, use reasonable force. in the performance of their duties,” the department said in a statement.

“This is especially true of officers who protect the community and themselves from attack and overcome resistance while engaged in law enforcement duties. Officers and their supervisors are responsible for understanding their authority and its limitations and appreciating the serious consequences of each use. by force”.