A police officer has shot an allegedly suicidal hospital prisoner dead after the man pointed a Taser at him and a nurse.
Bodycam footage shows the horrific moment prisoner, Cody O'Bryan, is killed with one shot after trying to use the stun gun on hospital staff and officers.
Las Vegas Metro Police are now investigating why the 31-year-old man was left in a room alone with a bag which contained the stun gun, and why he had not been properly restrained to his hospital bed.
Officers received a call from O'Bryan on Sunday when he called the emergency services and claimed he was feeling suicidal.
He said he was going to "blast it out with officers" and alleged that he had a loaded pistol on his person.
After attending the scene, officers discovered that O'Bryan had a warrant from parole and probation for gross misdemeanour and attempted battery with substantial bodily harm, prompting them to arrest him.
He was initially taken to the Clark County Detention Centre, but when it was deemed that O'Bryan was too intoxicated, he was taken to the University Medical Center by Officer Thomas Rybacki.
After arriving at the hospital , a corrections officer dropped off a duty bag in the hospital room, to be used by the relief officer upon their arrival.
It contained restraints, a radio and a Taser.
The bag was placed under a sink while the prisoner was restrained by his wrist and ankle to the hospital bed.
O'Bryan urinated on himself during the elapsed time which meant his hospital sheets and clothing needed to be changed.
Officer Rybacki helped him into a hospital gown but this time only restrained O'Bryan's right ankle to the bed.
Rybacki then left the room for a short time, leaving the duty bag under the sink.
O'Bryan got out of bed and laid on the floor with his head next to the bag.
At 4.04am, he managed to remove the Taser from the bag and hide it from officers.
Just one minute later, Officer Rybacki was back in the room and removed the bag, placing it in the hospital corridor.
When a nurse and security guard entered the room five minutes later, O'Bryan pulled out the Taser and pointed it at the nurse before turning it on Rybacki.
Rybacki told O'Bryan to drop the Taser and stepped out of the room, before briefly stepping back in and firing one shot.
O'Bryan was pronounced dead at the scene.
Metro Police said O'Bryan had been trying to pull the trigger on the Taser, not realised a safety mechanism engaged.
They said due to the Taser's ability to leave a person incapacitated, it would have been extremely dangerous if used on police officer in this situation.
An investigation has now been launched.
Metro Police said in a statement: "There will never be another duty bag placed in a room with a prisoner in the hospital."
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