The video released Tuesday shows 32-year-old Timothy Deal lunging at an officer and stabbing him, in what the prosecutor calls an unprovoked attack.
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The officer immediately shoots Deal several times.
The incident occurred on the 600 block of North Kentucky Avenue on June 22, as officers were investigating a hit-and-run accident.
Deal died at the hospital.
The officer was treated for a stab wound to the stomach.
Officials: Police shoot suspect after officer stabbed in Atlantic City
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