Footage of the fatal police shooting of a hooded, gun-wielding woman was released by the Orange County Sheriff’s Department (OCSD) Feb. 12 in a move it hoped would bolster public trust. The video, taken about 1 a.m. last June 24, begins with a sheriff’s deputy scouring a darkened Lake Forest street following reports of a neighborhood robbery. A flashlight illuminates the street until a spotlight settles on a woman who appears to be holding a gun. The officer calls for backup and commands the woman eight times to drop the gun. When more deputies arrive, she is ordered seven more times to drop the weapon. When she appeared to point the gun toward an officer, police responded with about 10 shots, mortally wounding the woman. The OCSD released the footage—its first critical incident video—and accompanying audio to provide the public with a clearer perspective of the events, it said in …