Beloit officers fatally shoot man armed with two long-bladed weapons when he walked towards a female

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0:00 - Bodycam 1
5:49 - Bodycam 2
8:20 - Bodycam 3
9:38 - Cellphone video
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According to the DOJ, Beloit police officers responded to a 911 call near the 1700 block of Ashland Avenue around 9:45 a.m. When officers got on scene, they found a subject with two bladed weapons moving toward another person.
Beloit officer shoots man

Officers asked the armed subject to put down those weapons, but they did not comply. An officer then fired their gun, hitting the suspect. Officials say life-saving measures were performed, and the subject was taken to the hospital.

The subject later died at the hospital.

A video was posted to Snapchat Sunday showing the moments the officer fired his weapon. The video quickly spread to several platforms and gained thousands of views before being taken down.

The footage is only about 21 seconds and shows what appears to be a man walking in the street holding two objects. An officer can be seen standing in the grass with his gun pointed at the man as the man continues walking.

The officer is heard yelling something at the man before several gunshots can be heard. The man falls to the ground. A woman is then seen running toward the man while screaming, before several officers surround her and attempt to pull her away.

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