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>> reporter: cnn has not been able to confirm where the officer is but as locke begins to stand, three shots. >> the officer had to make a split-second decision to assess the circumstances and determine whether he felt like there was an articulable threat. that the threat was of imminent harm. >> reporter: locke's family said he was in legal possession of a firearm when he was shot. the family and their attorney criticized police procedure. >> no lawful gun owner could have survived this situation. >> this is the definition of no-knock. seven seconds. seven seconds. that's it. and amir had no ...

Emerging. you're forced to make a split-second decision about when it's a threat. >> reporter: locke died from multiple gunshot wounds, according to an autopsy just 13 minutes after he was shot. the video seems to contradict police accounts that they -- >> announced police search warrant before they crossed the threshold. >> search warrant. >> police. >> reporter: police now saying locke wasn't named in the search warrant and it's, quote, unclear if he was connected to the case at all. an nbc news check of public records found no criminal history. >> i'm angry because i wasn't there to save hi...

Body cam video capturing the deadly encounter on wednesday just before 7:00 a.m. in seconds, where locke appears to be under a blanket. police say a gun slides from underneath, and officers opened fire. nbc news has reached out to the officer for comment, but has yet to hear back. >> that's the moment when the officer had to make a split-second decision. >> reporter: but that decision took the life of karen wells and andre locke's son. >> put yourselves in our shoes. >> never would i have imagined that i would be standing up here talking about the execution of my son by the minneapolis police ...

One, went through and opened fire. >> what does he face? >> it's likely to face charges here. we had a crash-course of minnesota criminal law. you're not going to be able to charge a depraved heart or killing in the context of a misdemeanor, where you had with derek chauvin. over nine minutes you saw the crime slowly play out. here, the officers had a split-second decision. the problem is the policy that allowed officers to be there in the first place. and frankly, the best aspect of this is those body cameras that casts doubt on the police officers' narrative, why they were there and the exte...

Direction that that barrel is emerging from the blanket. cnn has not been able to confirm with where the officer is but as locke begins to stand, three shots. >> the officer had to make a split-second decision, to assess the circumstances and determine whether he felt like there was an arcticulable threat. >> locke's family said he was in legal possession of a firearm when he was shot. the family and their attorney criticized police procedure. >> no lawful gun owner could have survived this situation. >> this is the definition of no knock in seven seconds. seven seconds. that's it. and amir ha...