'Let her go! Let her go!' Fontana officer shoots armed man who put his partner in a headlock

The traffic stop started off calmly. Two Fontana police officers pulled over a black sport utility vehicle in Yucaipa, and a male officer asked the driver about what appeared to be a missing front license plate. They chatted about camping in the snow... Seconds later, a shout rang out: 'He's got a gun!'

During the struggle at Yucaipa Boulevard and 14th Street, the male officer shot Metka, striking him near the jaw... A loaded semiautomatic pistol was taken from Metka's pants pocket.

The video footage shows the male officer telling Metka his front license plate was missing... When the officer asked Metka if he had been arrested, he said that, about two years prior, he was arrested for 'explosives in public.'

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