Police release 911 calls and video connected to fatal shooting of Michigan State student

A Michigan State student appeared to be brandishing a knife and running toward officers when he was shot in multiple waves of police gunfire, according to body camera video of the deadly confrontation released Friday

A Michigan State student appeared to be brandishing a knife and running toward officers when he was shot in multiple waves of police gunfire, according to body camera video of the deadly confrontation released Friday.

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MSU senior Isaiah Kirby, a 21-year-old Maryland native, was killed on April 15 and Friday marked the first time video of the fatal gunfire was shown to the public.

East Lansing police were called to Lake Lansing and Abbot roads on a theft call that “evolved into a stabbing by a suspect, which turned into an officer-involved shooting,” the department has said.