Bodycam video released by the LAPD shows officer trying to stop a man in a parking lot that they believed to be possibly armed.
The man tries to run away but at one point collapses. A gun falls on the ground near him.
Officers noticed he was having trouble breathing and was possibly overdosing. They cuffed him but then called for a rescue ambulance and at one point performed CPR.
Los Angeles Fire Department paramedics transported him to a local hospital where he was treated and then released to be booked on charges that included possession of a firearm by a felon, unlawful possession of ammunition and carrying an unregistered handgun.