Wheelchair-bound Anthony Lowe Jr. was shot ten times after officers found him with a butcher knife, amid reports he had stabbed someone

California police officers shot dead a double amputee on Thursday as he tried to clamber away from them on his stumps after leaping out of a wheelchair. 

The three cops from Huntington Park Police Department were filmed firing at least eight shots at Anthony Lowe Jr., a 36-year-old father-of-two. According to two police officers, Lowe Jr had just stabbed someone.

Officers fired roughly 10 rounds at Anthony Lowe Jr., a 36-year-old father of two whose family said he lost his legs in another encounter with police in Texas.

The Huntington Park Police Department said officers were called to the scene after Lowe stabbed someone without provocation.

After leaping out of his wheelchair, Lowe hopped down the street away from police, who initially tried to tase him.

Another police car arrived as Lowe who was carrying a butcher’s knife continued to flee.

A police officer who got out of the backup cruiser opened fire on Lowe, who slumped over on his stomach and was handcuffed.

He died at the scene.

The department said the officer fired at Lowe because he was afraid that the suspect was going to throw the knife at him, according to reports.

“The suspect was tased at least twice by Huntington Park Officers but the deployment of the taser was ineffective,” according to the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Office. “The suspect attempted to throw the butcher knife at the officers again, at which time an officer-involved shooting occurred.”

Lowe’s family members are questioning the use of force given his physical limitations.

“They murdered my son, in a wheelchair with no legs,” said his mother, Dorothy Lowe, at a Sunday press conference. “They do need to do something about it.”

The family told the Los Angeles Times that he had his legs amputated after a prior confrontation with police, but did not offer details.

Huntington Park cops do not wear bodycams, and officials said they don’t yet intend to release additional footage of the incident from nearby surveillance cameras.