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Audio Recording Captures Moment Seattle Cops Shot Pregnant Mom

The Seattle Police Department released the audio file from a police car's dash cam that captured the interactions between the officers and Charleena Lyles before she died.

Seattle Police Department on Monday released an audio file in connection with the fatal shooting of Charleena Lyles, a pregnant mother of three who called police to report a burglary at her home on Sunday.

The audio file, from police car dash cam, captured the interactions between the two officers involved and Lyles during the last moments of her life. You can hear a child's voice in the background, and muffled interactions between the cops and Lyles as she appears to run through what she alleges was stolen, including an Xbox.

The interaction escalates quickly—officers said later that Lyles had a knife. Sounds of a physical scuffle ensue, officers repeatedly say: "Hey! get back." A child cries loudly in the background. Lyles appears to swear at the officers, and a barrage of gunfire follows.

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