late Friday as news of Senator menendez's indictment was still gripping the state the Attorney General's office released body camera footage from the controversial police involved shooting of Andrew Jerome Washington the 52-year-old Jersey City man was fatally shot at the end of August while experiencing a mental health crisis a pair of videos depicts the incident from the perspective of two officers who fired a taser and service weapon after an hour-long standoff Melissa Rose Cooper reports Drew was a fun-loving charismatic person very intelligent um he loves sports he uh he just loved life a few of the characteristics Tony Irvin says she remembers the most about her nephew Andrew Jerome Washington but last month his life was cut short after Jersey City police shot and killed him while responding to a mental health crisis at his home when we saw the SWAT people with these rifles and they came out with rifles and all this gear on like they were coming for some kind of criminal and I'm going no we we want help we want the crisis um people here you know my sister screaming no if you do anything just tase him tase him because he's not trying to hurt anybody recently released police body camera footage showing the intense moments as the Fatal situation unfolded back on August 27th officers arrived to Washington's home just before 3 pm and start talking to him outside his door Andrews to Jersey City police bro we're here to help you and make sure you're good moments later Washington can be heard telling them to leave bother me but disrespect me Lee at around 3 18 you can see an officer holding up a gun to the door behind a shield another officer comes into view at 3 27 with a taser a minute later they get the green light to break open the door hey he's got a nice job tonight both the taser and the gun can be heard firing at Washington he was taken to the hospital where he was pronounced dead it was it was heartbreaking you know each time I watched it I did not see like where some training had uh come into play where there was actually going to be a good resolution now social Advocates are joining Washington's family in search for justice they're demanding the officers and the city be held accountable for his death well what went wrong was they didn't send trained social workers uh who know how to de-escalate I mean what what was the rush you know why did they have to break the door down if he wasn't a threat to anyone else I'm of the firm belief that this situation did not have to end in depth if they had been handled differently mayor Phillip previously said at a news conference that the officer's actions were Justified and that mental health professionals called police after determining the situation was dangerous now a spokesperson for the mayor's office is calling Washington's death a terrible tragedy adding in a statement we don't want to overstep any part of the ages investigation so we will defer to their decisions still we do hope the ages office will soon share any remaining body camera footage from officers who arrived on the scene to allow the public to see the entire set of circumstances and interactions but loved ones say the city needs to do better I have friends now who call me because we would talk about their families who are struggling with mental illness and they're scared now they're scared everybody is scared because they have people dealing with the mental illness and they don't know what to do right now Washington's death remains under investigation family and Advocates say they'll continue fighting until laws are put into place so another loss like this never happens again for NJ Spotlight news I'm Melissa Rose Cooper