This is the horrific moment a popular Supercross racer shot himself dead in front of cops after they confronted him for following his g...
This is the horrific moment a popular Supercross racer shot himself dead in front of cops after they confronted him for following his girlfriend to the police station.
Tyler Evans, 38, shot himself dead in front of the Los Angeles Police Department Rampart Division's office on September 15, 2018.
His girlfriend, who reported Evans for domestic violence the previous day, walked into the station moments before his death and told police he had followed her to the station with a firearm.
The officers' dramatic confrontation with Evans - as well as his suicide - was captured on various body cameras.
One bodycam video shows Evans lying down in the grass, underneath a tree, when police arrive at the scene and an officer tells him to get on his stomach.
As he begins to stand up, the officer whose body camera is filming screams 'Don't get up!'
'Get on the ground! Put your hands up! Hands up!' he continues to yell. 'Get on the ground! Get on the ground Tyler!'
'Don't get up!' he screams as Evans stands up completely.
'Get on the ground! We're going to shoot you! Don't walk away!' he screams as Evans begins to walk onto the sidewalk while facing the officers.
'Get on your knees, Tyler! Tyler, don't run! Get on your knees!' the officer continues.
'What the f**k is going on?' Evans suddenly screams.
'I'll tell you in a second,' the officer yells back. 'Do what you are told Tyler.'
'What the f**k?' Evans screams again, still standing up and walking backwards.
'We are gonna bean bag you,' the cop warns him. 'Don't run!'
One of the officers then calls for Evans to be hit with a bean bag round and he screams out in pain, saying 'Okay! Okay!'
'Get on the f*****g ground,' the cop screams before other officers suddenly yell 'Don't do it! Don't do it!'
A gunshot then goes off - this time from Evans' gun.
'Oh f**k,' another cop says off-screen.
The officers then run into the street to Evans' lifeless body and call for an ambulance.
Authorities said Evans used a handgun and suffered a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head.
He was pronounced dead at the scene by Los Angeles Fire Department Paramedics.
The LAPD's Force Investigation Division will conduct an 'In-Custody death investigation'.
Evans, also known by the nickname 'One Punch', was as famous for his racing skills as he was for the 'bombastic' personality that made him the 'bad boy' of supercross - an offshoot of motocross that is done on man-made instead of natural terrain.
But he was troubled as well, wrestling with demons that had followed him for years.
His daughter Candy said life had become increasingly difficult for Evans since he left the racing world.
He taught me how to ride, chased me down after knee surgery with a cane, and never missed a soccer game he was here to see.'
'It hasn't been an easy ride for him since he left racing, and his death is a tragic loss to anyone who ever loved him. I never gave up hope for him, but now that hope is gone.'
Evans' sister, Candace Tyler, also wrote a devastating tribute to her brother.
'People saw the giant chip on his shoulder but that chip was only to camouflage his giant heart,' she wrote in a statement posted to Racer X Online.
'He lived many lifetimes in his 38 years but the things that really were in his heart were his mom, his sister and his daughter. He lost many "friends" along the way.'
Tyler said that her brother was devastated when he lost his father to a traumatic brain injury from a motorcycle accident.
When her father then died, it became too much for him.
'Finally, my dad's passing recently was more than he could navigate in this life,' she said.
'So please, in these times, instead of vilifying people for their private struggles, people should look inward and be compassionate.'
'He loved hard and with everything he had in him. In the end he battled with himself and ran out of track.'
If you or anyone you know needs to talk, the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline is available 24/7 at 1-800-273-TALK (8255)
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