It starts with body-worn camera footage from Deputy Jason Bunch, who knocks on the door and rings a doorbell at Li’s fifth-floor condo. She opens the door, and Bunch confirms her name and hands her paperwork.
“Here’s a notice to evict,” he says.
“What?” she replies, taking the paperwork.
“Here’s your notice for ...” Bunch starts to say when he suddenly notices Li holding a large butcher knife or meat cleaver in her right hand, down at her side.
Bunch points at the knife, then draws his handgun as he says: “Put the knife down right now or I’m gonna (expletive) shoot.” He continues to repeat the order, yelling: “Put the knife down. Put the (expletive) knife down,” according to the video.
Li shouts back for him to put his gun down. “How could I know you are not intruder?” she asks him.
Bunch keeps her at gunpoint, yelling for her to put the weapon down, alternating between calling it a knife and a gun.
“Put the gun down, ma’am, I’m gonna shoot you. Put the (expletive) gun down,” he yells.
Sheriff’s officials said in the video that Li accused Bunch of being an “imposter.” She can be heard yelling “Call the police.”