Warren police release bodycam video of fatal shooting involving a man armed with a knife

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Warren, MI - Warren police released body camera footage Thursday of an officer-involved shooting that left a man dead earlier this week.

Police said Kenny Beno, 41, was armed with a knife when he was shot and killed by officers responding to a domestic violence call Monday night.

Officers were called to the 27000 block of Railroad Street around 10:15 p.m. after a woman, later identified as Lana Price, called 911 because Beno was threatening her while armed with a knife. He left the home before police arrived.

"He just decided that he wanted to be a big bully and overpower me and block me into my house," Price said.

According to police, they spotted Beno running with the weapon. In body cam video, officers can be heard telling Beno to get on the ground. He responded by yelling that he had a knife. He also yelled, "Shoot me!"

After he refused to drop the knife, he was Tased. When the Taser didn't work, Beno was shot after he continued to approach the officers. In a press conference, Warren Police Commissioner Eric Hawkins said Beno got within about 12 feet of the officers.

Beno was taken to a hospital, where he was pronounced dead.

Hawkins said it appears the shooting was suicide by police.

Price said that she had dated Beno on and off for the past three years. She let him move in with her after he was released from jail late last year following a domestic violence conviction.

"I was the victim in that case. I don’t understand. I just thought that I would be a lovely, helping lady," she said.

Price defended the actions of police.

"They had to do that to keep them safe," Price said, adding that she believed Beno would have hurt officers had they not shot him.

Four officers are on paid administrative leave while the police department conducts an internal review of their actions.

Hawkins said two of those officers fired shots, one deployed a Taser, and one who was there was placed an admin leave as a precaution since they were there.