LBPD releases video of officers fatally shooting Brandon Boyd at a North Long Beach church

After a three-hour standoff, police shot and killed Brandon Boyd, who had been making suicidal comments, after he reached for and fired a gun at officers, newly released bodycam footage of the incident last month shows.

Boyd, 38, sent a text to police dispatch on Nov. 19, saying there was a man with a gun in the 5200 block of Atlantic Avenue.

When officers arrived to the scene, Boyd, sitting on the steps of a church, told them that he had sent the text, the 17- minute video shows.

Bodycam footages shows officers trying to speak with Boyd and asking him what he's hiding behind his back. Boyd repeatedly avoids the questions and tells officers he doesn't want "anyone in my business."

"I know you texted us because you're having a bad day," another officer tells Boyd.

"I'm having a bad life," Boyd replies.

"I swear I tried to wait for y'all resources, I swear I didn't want this."

As the officers continue to take cover behind their vehicles, Boyd can be heard making suicidal comments.

He tells one officer that if his gun's caliber was any bigger, he would've found "a nice quiet place" to shoot himself.

"We don't want you to hurt yourself at all," an officer tells Boyd. "You see us all here, that's cause we care."

"I promise you, you matter and your life matters."

Boyd tells the officer that although she seems like a nice person, "it was already over" when he sent the text to dispatch.

"I appreciate the dialogue, but you cannot help me," Boyd tells the officer. "At some point I'm going to force your hand."

The officer responds: "I don't agree, I think we can help you."

With Boyd refusing their help, officers called in their Mental Evaluation Team (MET), according to police.

An officer who appears to be part of the MET team tells Boyd to put his hands up and to not reach for anything, the video shows.

"I've been telling you," the officer says, sounding annoyed. "You said you didn't want us to hurt you. I need you to do your part."

After two and a half hours of trying to get Boyd to surrender, police called in their SWAT team and created a plan in hopes of separating the 38-year-old from the gun.

Video shows officers sending a flash bang toward Boyd, who can be seen reaching for the gun behind his back in security footage from inside the church.

He seems to fire his gun once before police return a volley of bullets back at him, the video shows.

The screams of Boyd's sisters, who were at the scene during the incident, could be heard in the background as officers rush toward Boyd and search his body before performing CPR, video shows.

Boyd died at the scene, according to authorities.

Police said an officer was shot during the incident and was taken to a local hospital. Neither bodycam footage or video from the church shows when the officer was struck by gunfire. It also doesn't show if it was the result of Boyd firing the gun at them.

Boyd's death sparked outcry, with his family saying the LBPD showed a lack of compassion and were negligent in their approach of the situation.

They claimed workers with the MET team never left their vehicles and that officers were left to directly engage with Boyd.

"Aside from sitting there telling him, 'Hey, get off the stairs. Hey, we're ready to end this,' how did you de-escalate the situation?" Tiffany Boyd, one of Brandon's sisters asked during a press conference held a week after his death.

The family declined to make a statement following the release of the bodycam footage.

After the shooting, Tyerra and another sister, Desiree Boyd, claim they were dragged by police, placed in handcuffs and detained in the back of a patrol car for hours while staring at their brother's lifeless body. Desiree said the altercation left her with a fractured arm.

"Instead of showing us a shred of humanity, they brutalized us," Tyerra said.

Audrena Redmond, a founding leader of Black Lives Matter Long Beach, joined the family during the press conference.

She called for for accountability and outlined a list of demands, including releasing the 911 call and bodycam footage, dropping charges against family members who were detained and filing charges against the officers involved.

"We want to charge the officers who killed Brandon with what they did, which is murder," Redmond said during the conference.

In a statement following the release of the bodycam footage, Mayor Rex Richardson said he acknowledges the "deep pain, grief and strong emotions" that Boyd's death has caused the community.

But he urged people to remain "committed to supporting transparency, accountability and the process of justice."

"I have been in constant communication with Chief [Wally] Hebeish and have advocated for the transparency and timely release of critical documents in order to ensure clarity and maintain public trust," he said.

"While we understand the urgency felt by some, we also recognize the importance of following the established legal process and guidelines to ensure a fair and accurate review takes place."

The Long Beach Police Department and the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office will be conducting their own separate investigation to determine whether the officers' actions were within policy.

Multimedia reporter Jackie Rae contributed to this article.