Dashcam/Bodycam Shows Police Shootout In Baton Rouge, Louisiana

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** Subscribe for more: https://goo.gl/5clm0J ** Two Baton Rouge police officers acted in self-defense and were justified in fatally shooting a man who shot and wounded them after a car chase in February, a prosecutor said Monday. East Baton Rouge Parish District Attorney Hillar Moore's office released dramatic body camera and dashcam videos from the Feb. 13 gunbattle that killed the suspect, 22-year-old Calvin Smith, and wounded officers Theodore Smith III and Sean Garic. The video shows Calvin Smith exit his car and immediately open fire on the two officers with a semi-automatic rifle as they arrive in their vehicles at the end of the chase. The officers returned fire, fatally wounding Smith. "Shots fired! Officer hit!" one of the wounded officers shouts over the blaring of sirens after the gunfire stops. "Two officers hit!" The gun battle lasted about 20 seconds. The suspect fired at least 20 shots, while the officers fired a total of at least 34 shots between them, Moore said. Moore said he had "no idea" how the officers survived the shooting. "All I can say is that God must have been with them and protected them," Moore said at a news conference Monday announcing the results. Calvin Smith died at a hospital several hours after the shooting. The officers were released from the hospital less than three days after. Authorities said the officers were responding to a domestic disturbance when Smith led them on a chase through a neighborhood that ended outside his home. Gina Chambers has said Calvin Smith, the son of her godmother, had been living at her Baton Rouge home since December after recently moving from Shreveport. On the morning of the shooting, Chambers told reporters that Smith has been grappling with "mental issues" and had attempted suicide. Moore's report on the shooting said Smith had severe depression and recently stopped taking his medication after developing "adverse" side effects in recent months. A recent break-up with his girlfriend caused him "great distress" and exacerbated his mental health problems, the report said. Chambers said Smith received mental health treatment last year after the suicide attempt at a Shreveport hospital. On the day of the shooting, Chambers said, she didn't see any obvious signs of distress before the shooting. Moore said Smith had been on probation for a 2014 conviction in East Baton Rouge Parish for indecent behavior with a juvenile. Smith was black; one of the officers is white and the other is black, according to Moore. Moore said he met separately with Smith's mother and other relatives and with the two officers who were wounded before releasing his findings and posting video of the shooting on his office's website. Moore said it was "extremely emotional" for Smith's relatives to see the footage. "They indicate that the person who fired at these officers was in no way the child that they raised and the child that they knew," Moore said. "The family was very concerned for the safety of the officers, and they were sorry that Mr. Smith had placed them in this position." ✋ About the video / Community guidelines ✋ This footage is NOT intended to be violent or glorify violence in any way. We are sharing this footage STRICTLY for the purposes of news reporting and educating.