BOYLE HEIGHTS, Calif. (KABC) -- The Los Angeles Police Department on Thursday released body camera video that showed officers fatally shooting a man holding what turned out to be a replica rifle in Boyle Heights last month .

The incident occurred on the morning of July 14, when officers responded to a call of a man with a "possible assault rifle" on Spence Street, near Eighth Street, the LAPD said in a statement.

"Upon arrival, officers observed the suspect, identified as 26-year-old Jeremy Anthony Flores, in the driver's seat of a white utility van, parked to the rear of 1200 Spence Street, holding an assault rifle," a police news release said. "Additional resources were requested as Flores was ordered to exit the vehicle and drop the weapon; however, he refused to follow commands, r

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