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Philadelphia police release 911 call, body camera footage in shooting of Walter Wallace Jr.

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Philadelphia officials have released the body camera footage and a 911 call in connection with the fatal police-involved shooting of 27-year-old Walter Wallace Jr. "We truly believe that this is an important step in our commitment to transparency," Police Commissioner Danielle Outlaw said during a Wednesday news conference before the release of the video.

It's the first time in the department's history that bodycam video has been released to the public, she said. Wallace, a Black man armed with a knife, was shot and killed shortly before 4 p.m.

on Oct. 26 in Philadelphia’s Cobbs Creek neighborhood. He was struck in the shoulder and chest, and taken to the hospital in a police car, but could not be saved, officials previously said.

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