Body camera video showing a fatal police-involved shooting earlier this week in St. Paul’s East Side was released on Friday.

The bodycam clips, released by the St. Paul Police Department on Friday afternoon, show officers responding to a home on the 1100 block of Rose Avenue East at around 7:15 p.m. on Monday for a reported suicide in progress.

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The compilation, totaling a little over four minutes, shows the officers rush into the home and into a room with two women. One of them then tells officers that the second woman “is not OK.”

About 20 seconds after the officers get into the room, bodycam footage shows the second woman stand up while holding a gun, swinging it toward the officers. The officers and the first woman quickly yell “no” and for the woman to stop before the officers fire shots, hitting the second woman.

The Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension (BCA) on Friday morning identified the woman who died as 41-year-old Pepsi Lee Heinl and the officers as Chiking Chazonkhueze, Chee Lao and Yengkong Lor. Chazonkhueze is listed as having three-and-a-half years of law enforcement experience, while Lor has three years and Lao has three months.

Although officers provided aid, according to the BCA, Heinl died at the scene. All three officers fired their guns and all are now on critical incident leave, the BCA confirmed.

“These are never easy events. This is not an outcome that anybody wanted, but we are committed to staying true and being patient while the BCA investigates this and making sure that that process goes on unfettered,” St. Paul Police Chief Axel Henry said Friday afternoon.

Henry said officers go to “thousands of these types of calls every year” but highlighted how quickly the situation shifted.

“This illustrates how important it is that we, as a nation, but also as a city really look at how we deal with folks in crisis. It escalated very quickly,” Henry said, noting that an officer was leaning over and trying to help Heinl one second, and suddenly, she stood with a gun and was shot.

The BCA says it is still reviewing the body camera video that captured the shooting and will give information to the Ramsey County Attorney’s Office, which will ultimately decide if formal charges should be filed. A gun was recovered from the scene.

Henry shared that SPPD does have a community outreach and stabilization team that can respond to many crisis and non-criminal calls. However, he said the department isn’t big enough to have officers dedicated to that around that clock, so all police officers receive training and the outreach team typically does follow-up work after officers respond to the initial report.

Click here to watch the bodycam video released by St. Paul Police on Friday. WARNING: Some viewers may find the content disturbing.

Click the media player below to watch St. Paul police discuss the release of the bodycam video.

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Here is a list of suicide prevention and mental health resources:

• 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline at 988
• Crisis Text Line – Text MN to 741741 to connect with a trained crisis counselor to receive free, 24/7 crisis support via text message.
• Minnesota Department of Human Service’s adult mental health resources
  • DHS map and list of statewide adult mental health crisis response phone numbers
  • DHS map and list of statewide children’s mental health crisis response phone numbers
• The National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) – Minnesota
• Veterans Crisis Line at 988, Option 1 or by texting 838255
• Minnesota Farm and Rural Mental Health Helpline at 833-600-2670 or by texting “FarmStress” to 898211

If you believe someone is at risk of suicide, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services suggests you:

• Ask questions about whether the individual is having suicidal thoughts.
• Call the U.S. National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 988 or 1-800-273-TALK (8255).
• Seek help from a medical or mental health professional. If it is an emergency situation, take the person to a hospital.
• Remove any objects from a person’s home that could be potentially used in a suicide.
• Do not leave the person alone, if possible, until help is available.