Man Gets Shot As He Charges Toward Officer With a Knife in Crescent City, California

* (Disclaimer: This video content is intended for educational and informational purposes only) * Crescent City, California — The Del Norte County Sheriff’s Office (DNSO) is releasing the body-worn camera (BWC) footage of the officer-involved shooting of 38-year-old Robert Anderson. The incident began at approximately 2:45 p.m. on August 25, 2021 when the Crescent City California Highway Patrol (CHP) officers and Del Norte County Sheriff’s Department (DNCSO) deputies responded to the scene of a disabled vehicle that was blocking the roadway at Parkway Drive and Sherwood Lane in Crescent City, CA. Upon their arrival, they located Anderson holding a knife and walking in the traffic lanes. Body camera footage shows the officer who joins a group of officers already around Anderson, standing at the side of the road. At that time Anderson is unarmed but close by is a knife on the ground. The officers attempt to get Anderson to move away from the knife. Anderson refuses and talks to a woman who is off camera. Then