Heart-pounding bodycam footage showed a Florida cop take out a knife-wielding madman with a single shot to the head – saving a young boy with his quick action.

Footage from just outside of Tampa on Sunday afternoon showed Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office Deputy Anthony Gonzalez, 25, kick down a bedroom door after hearing a 7-year-old boy pleading for help inside.

Gonzales found a man in body armor and a motorcycle helmet holding a knife to the boy’s throat – and the man refused to comply when the deputy raised his gun ordered the man to drop the knife.

After several warnings, Gonzalez fired a single shot and dropped the assailant.

The suspect was later identified as 27-year-old Mario Camacho, who had been holding a knife to his own younger brother’s throat and choking him out.

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