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The Wall Street Journal reviewed numerous bystander footage of Preddy's encounter with DHS agents, including before, during, and after the shooting.
What these videos show is before the shooting, Preddy was seemingly with two other civilians and filming DHS agents with his phone.
Eventually, after filming the agents, Preti and two other civilians walk away.
And one of the agents follows them and then shoves one of the people that Preti seems to be with.
And Preti immediately puts himself between the fallen person and the officer, who then sprays a chemical agent on all three of them.
And that's when things really start to kick off.
And a crowd of DHS agents then swarms the civilians.
They separate Preddy from the other two civilians that he was with.
And bystander footage then shows one officer seemingly withdrawing a gun from Preddy.
And soon after, another officer begins to fire at him.
We spoke with one expert who confirmed that there were at least 10 shots within five seconds based on the available audio, and that they all seemed to come from a single semi-automatic firearm.
After the shooting, bystander footage also shows officers then shouting, where is the gun, as they're applying first aid to Preti.