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Body cam footage shows deadly encounter between police, knife wielding man

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Update: Prosecutors have declined to criminally charge the officer involved. The Attorney General of Maryland also released this report into the incident, closing out there investigation.

WARNING: *The following footage is graphic and may not be suitable for some viewers*

The Attorney General's Office released dashboard and body cam footage of the officer-involved shooting in Montgomery County.

On July 22, At 10:35 a.m., officers responded to a business in the 12200 block of Veirs Mill Road for reports of a stabbing.

When they arrived police located a woman who had been stabbed.

One minute later, police received another call for two women who had been stabbed in the 4100 block of Colie Drive.

Officers then found the two women and a man suffering from stab wounds.

After obtaining a description of the suspect, police began canvassing the area.

One officer found a man that fit the description armed with a knife in the 4300 block of Harvard Street.

The suspect was later identified as 19-year-old Franklin Castro Ordonez.

According to body cam footage, the officer commanded the suspect to drop the knife, but he did not comply and then advanced towards the officer with the knife.

The officer, identified as Justin Lee, then fired at the suspect multiple times.

Officers called for EMS and performed CPR, but the suspect was pronounced dead on scene.

A knife was recovered from the scene, no officers were injured.

Three of the stabbing victims were taken to area hospitals. The fourth victim was treated on scene and released.

The incident is still under investigation.