VIDEO: Surveillance footage shows moments before shooting near Ferguson

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Wednesday, December 24, 2014
VIDEO: Surveillance footage shows moments before Berkeley shooting
Police released surveillance video of the fatal police shooting in Berkeley, Missouri. The footage shows the suspect pointing at the officer.

BERKELEY, Mo. (KABC) -- St. Louis County police released surveillance video that shows the moments leading up to the fatal police shooting in Berkeley, Missouri.

In the upper left corner of the screen, you can see the suspect raising a handgun at the police officer, leading the officer to open fire and kill the man.

The shooting happened in Berkeley, Missouri near Ferguson, where a police fatally shot 18-year-old Michael Brown in August.