[WSMV] Nashville's Community Oversight Board says they will conduct their own investigation into Saturday morning's deadly officer-involved shooting to determine if Metro Police policy and procedures were followed. Metro Police Officer Christopher Royer is currently on administrative assignment after he shot and killed a knife-wielding man on Clarksville Pike Saturday morning.
MNPD's Don Aaron said the shooting happened after Officer Royer pulled over a white Mercedes after running a license plate check and discovering the plate was registered to a 1998 green Chevrolet.
Aaron said the driver of the Mercedes presented no issues, but "the passenger however, immediately got out of the Mercedes with two large butcher knives, one in each hand, and began running around erratically."
At one point the man is seen on Royer's body camera footage attempting to enter the MNPD squad car.
Officer Royer yells repeatedly to the man to drop the knives. The man is seen in the body camera footage turning toward Royer and charging him before the officer fires three shots.
The Community Oversight Board says they were given a briefing of the shooting on the scene early Saturday morning and reviewed the body camera footage at Metro Police headquarters.
Chief John Drake and MNPD-COB Liaison Captain Carlos Lara provided updates to COB Sherlocks.
Chief Drake said during a presser he believed Officer Royer "did everything he could" and "was left with no choice" but to fire his weapon.