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occurred, I’ve only wanted the truth to prevail.”

The Broward Sheriff’s Office asked the Florida Department of Law Enforcemen­t to take over the investigat­ion; the Broward State Attorney’s office askedprose­cutors inMiami to take the case becauseone of its employees was related to Frazier. started actin’ a fool” and was “flashing a knife around.”

Deborah Frazier said she had to hide because if her brother saw her calling deputies, “he’ll get really crazy.”

Keneisha Woodard told a 911 dispatcher, “Send somebody right now...Yes he has a knife. He tried to pull it out onme.”

Deborah Frazier had hoped the night would end peacefully, just as it did during an incident in September 2015.

“The cops came, talked to Greg, took the knife and gave it to one ofmy cousins, who gave it to me,” she said Wednesday. “And I still have it.”

After the fatal shooting, a union lawyer for the deputies said they were responding to a violent domestic dispute with a subjectarm­edwitha knifewho was threatenin­g family members, the FDLE report said. The deputies were directed to the backyard, where Frazier was on a chaise lounge chair, according to the FDLE report. It was a dark night and there were no outdoor lights on, Deborah Frazier said.

Only one of the deputies’ gun-mounted flashlight­s worked, andneither­deputy had been issued a stun gun, the union lawyer said.

The deputies ordered Frazier to get on the ground. He flipped open the knife, cursed at the deputies and began to stand in an aggressive manner, according to the lawyer’s statement.

From four to five feet away, the deputies fired seven shots. After Frazier fell, Landells began handcuffin­g him, stopped and

began performing CPR, according to reports.

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