Winnipeg police shoot, kill man in Unicity parking lot after he stabbed officer [Video]

WARNING: This story details the violent events surrounding the fatal police shooting of a man in a Winnipeg shopping area.

Police shot and killed a man outside a bus shelter in a shopping area on the west side of Winnipeg on Sunday after they say he stabbed an officer in the throat. 

The police officer, a senior member of the force, is in stable condition, according to police.

Video posted to social media shows two police officers with guns pointed at a man standing just outside a bus shelter in the Unicity Shopping Centre parking lot off of Portage Avenue.

The officers are heard yelling “put it down” and “drop it” as the man walks toward them. Seconds later, they discharged their firearms.

“We are aware of videos online and we caution the public that they do not show the entire incident,” acting police chief Art Stannard said at a …