An unhinged man who charged a cop with a shovel outside an Anaheim, California, elementary school was gunned down after he continued to swing at the officer despite warning shots, harrowing new bodycam video shows.
An officer responded to a 911 call reporting a suspicious man, possibly on drugs, who was wielding a brick and a shovel about 12:45 p.m. on Sept. 15.
When 36-year-old Rudy Anthony Martinez II saw the cop car across an intersection, he sprinted toward the officer, brandishing his shovel. 4
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In the dashcam footage, the officer — who was not named — shouts “oh s–t” after spotting Martinez.
The officer is barely out of his cruiser before the madman starts swinging the implement.
The officer tries to tell Martinez to stand down, shouting “sit down” and “you’re gonna get s