Authorities Tuesday released video footage of a deputy fatally shooting a 46-year-old man during a confrontation at a car dealership in National City
The images — recorded by uniform-worn cameras and a surveillance system at the National City auto sales business — show San Diego County Sheriff’s Det. Douglas Akers firing on Gene Stewart of Lakeside after he allegedly fired on the lawman from inside a parked vehicle on Sept. 27.
The events that led to the deadly gunfire began shortly before 1:30 p.m. that day, when deputies taking part in a multi-agency drug-enforcement detail stopped a motorist in the 200 block of Mile of Cars Way for a traffic violation, according to sheriff’s officials.
After the driver of the white Acura pulled over, Stewart jumped out of the front passenger seat and ran off, authorities said. The driver and another passenger were detained and subsequently and later charged with drug and other offenses.
As deputies searched the area for the the man who …