Video shows cops shooting dead woman who was stabbing her therapist

Bodycam video shows terrifying moment two police officers shoot dead a woman who was stabbing her therapist Katherine Brazeau, 46, was shot dead by two Fullerton Police officers in Los Angeles on May 31 last year She was captured on surveillance video walking into her therapist Jacki Stevens' office armed with a huge hunting knife Moments later the therapist called 911 and screamed that she had been stabbed Bodycam video from the officers shows them kicking down the therapist door to find Brazeau holding a knife to the victim They opened fire when Brazeau swung the knife in a stabbing motion towards the therapist's chest Videos and the 911 audio related to the incident were only released Thursday as the district attorney's office cleared the officers of any wrongdoing

By Emily Crane For Dailymail.com

Published: 17:47 GMT, 1 March 2019 | Updated: 20:28 GMT, 1 March 2019

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Police bodycam footage has been released showing the moment two officers shot dead a woman who was stabbing her therapist. 

Katherine Brazeau, 46, violated a restraining order filed by her therapist Jacki Stevens when she went to her office in Los Angeles armed with a hunting knife in May last year. 

Surveillance footage, the 911 audio and bodycam footage related to the deadly incident was only released on Thursday as the Orange County District Attorney's Office announced the two officers had been cleared of any wrongdoing. 

Brazeau was captured on surveillance video walking into her therapist's office on the morning of May 31 carrying the huge knife in her hand. 

Katherine Brazeau, 46, violated a restraining order filed by her therapist Jacki Stevens when she went to her office in Los Angeles armed with a hunting knife (pictured above) in May 2018

Katherine Brazeau, 46, violated a restraining order filed by her therapist Jacki Stevens when she went to her office in Los Angeles armed with a hunting knife (pictured above) in May 2018

Moments later the therapist frantically called 911 and screamed that she had been stabbed. 

'I've been stabbed,' the therapist could be heard yelling in a recording of the 911 call.

Meanwhile, Brazeau could be heard in the audio telling

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