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Chilling moments captured on body camera video show the ending of a chase-turned-shootout that left a Pinellas County deputy injured and a 23-year-old man dead.
The video was released Thursday morning by Pinellas County Sheriff Bob Gualtieri during a news conference. The video, which was blurred and edited by the agency, provides added context to the timeline of the shooting the sheriff's office previously released.
The shooting, which the state attorney's office later ruled justified, happened on March 12. Sergeant Jacob Viano and K-9 Corporal Matthew Aitken, with K-9 Taco, were chasing 23-year-old Zion Bostick, who was accused of trying to break into several cars.
Bostick reportedly ran behind a local church and continued through the woods into a Pinellas Park neighborhood, located in the area of 60th Avenue North and 64th Street North. That's when Aitken and Taco, assisted by Viano, began to track him.
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Video: Pinellas County Sheriff's Office