Knock it off or I'll do it in your nut. >> Just push me in the box. Yeah, you think you got me, but I'll let you. >> I'm done. >> I'm done. >> I'm done. >> Because I've been killing citizens every single day. >> I'm a citizen, too. >> Go back to your job, my friend. >> Only Cams provides body cam footage for transparency and educational purposes only. On May 21st, 2023, a routine call for shoplifting in Vancouver, Washington, devolved into a confrontation that tested the line between necessary police force and misconduct. Officers Andrea Mendoza and her partner responded to a theft report concerning a male and female suspect, later identified as 19-year-old Elijah Guffy Prejan. The suspects were wanted for shoplifting less than $15 worth of property. >> Hey, go ahead and stop for me. Come on. >> I told you you're under arrest. >> Hold on, hold on, hold on, hold on. >> Why you push me in the box? Yeah, you think you got me, but I let you. Control point there, too. I got one running to the north. >> I'm relaxing. >> Relax right there. >> You can roll to me to you. >> Yeah, >> I got you. I can do myself. Thank you. As Elijah became increasingly non-compliant and later admitted to recent fentinel use, he tried to flee once again, prompting Officer Mendoza to deploy her taser and warn that she'd aim it at his groin. I'm done. >> Knock it off or I'll do it in your nuts. I'm done. >> I'm done. >> I'm done. >> I'm done. I promise I'm done. >> Yeah, I the duts. >> I promise I'm done. >> KNOCK IT OFF. >> I will. I promise I'm done. >> So when I say roll over, >> roll the over. >> I will. >> Now. >> Okay. hand. >> I put my hand behind my back. >> No. Hey, you do exactly what I say when I say. >> No, you're past that, man. >> I said I will. >> Yeah. Your other hand put in the small of your back. >> I can't breathe. >> Your other hand. Put it in the small of your back. >> I'll take care of it. Put it in the small of your back and do it now. >> I'm going to help you. >> Can you up that medical to code three? I've got a early 20s black male complaining of not being able to breathe. >> On your side. On your side. >> He's by my neck. >> Yep. I see that. >> I see that. >> We're on the west side. >> West side of Walmart. >> Will you please put my dick away? >> Right next to the breathing. It's your >> right next to my partner. >> Thank you. After the suspect calmed down and asked for something to cover himself, officer Mendoza complied and secured him in handcuffs. >> Uh, chill out. >> We have a female. >> You don't have any weapons on you, right? >> Walmart for laying on your side or do you want to lay on your butt, man? You want to lay on your side or you want to lay on your butt? Hey, bro. What's your name, man? >> You want to lay on your butt or on your side? >> Hey, what's your name? >> Take me to jail, bro. >> Okay. >> I don't talk. >> I'm just asking for your name. >> I just told you. >> I didn't hear you. >> I don't talk. Take me to jail. >> Okay. Well, right now I'm concerned about you saying you can't breathe, right? So, I have an ambulance. >> I'm there now. >> Okay. Well, I have an am I have an ambulance about to check you out. >> Okay. Deep deep breaths for me. All right. Deep breath for me. [snorts and clears throat] >> Is this better or do you want to lay on your side? >> What's up? >> I can't remember what you said. >> I'm trying to >> Okay. >> One uh one dose of Nan already. He said he's fel. He said he's not overdosing, but he can't breathe. He's vomiting. So, >> dosage probably 2205. >> Yep. >> Hey, Patterson, >> when you I'll take your help. >> You guys ready for? >> Yep, we're ready. >> All right, I'm going to set you up. Okay. Right. >> Whoa. >> Watch out, guys. >> Watch out. >> There you go. You can breathe. >> There you go. Deep breath. We'll clean you up as soon as we get in the ambulance. All right. Elijah is seen breathing heavily as officers prepare to transfer him to the hospital before taking him to jail. >> Why don't you straight in the base? >> What's the story? >> Uh shoplift and then got in a fight with cops. So he's under arrest for assault action. >> I would call my ticket, right? >> Yeah. >> The man sitting in his car near the scene was questioned by the officer. Is everything okay? >> Huh? >> Is everything okay? >> We just got fought with. They didn't want to mingle with us, I guess. >> So, why are you here? >> Cuz we checking on you. >> Why are you checking on me? >> Cuz you're just sitting here. >> I need to leave. >> You need me to leave? >> No. >> So, okay. Is everything okay? >> Yeah. Is everything okay in here? >> Yeah. >> That's what we do. We check to see if everything is okay. >> All right. >> You good? >> Yes. >> Okay. >> Hope you're good, too. >> I am. Thank you. Okay, then go ahead to your job. >> Okay, but right now my job's right here. >> Everything is okay. >> Okay. >> All right. >> Do you know who these people are? >> Why would I know who they are? >> Because I asked you. >> I don't know who they are. >> Okay. Like if I asked Do you know who I am? >> Go back to your job. Go back to your job. >> You go ahead and get out of here. Okay. >> Okay. Get out then. Let me close my door. >> Okay. >> Mind your business. >> This is my business. >> Take care of yourself. >> Right here is my >> because I've been killing citizens every single day. >> I'm a citizen, too. Then take care of yourself. >> Velcro. >> Take care of yourself. >> I'm a person, too. >> Go back to your job, my friend. Close my door. >> I'm what? >> Why did you Why did you slam my door? >> You said to close it and I closed it. >> Okay, then go back to your job. >> Thank you. Don't call me again then. >> I was muted earlier cuz I was talking to Zach. Something unrelated. I'm on now. >> Okay. >> Tell me again what happened. >> Yeah. So, uh, we had dispatched that they had left the store. I rolled 97. Saw them walking up behind the loading dock here where I'm parked, uh, is where I intercepted them. So, I cut them off. Jump out, tell them, "Hey, you're both not free to leave. You're both under arrest for shoplifting." They start kind of slow walking like, "What? What are you saying? What are you saying?" I'm like, "You're both under arrest. You're not free to leave." She takes one look at Mendoza and just boogies. He like stays for a second. I go hands on like, "Hey, you're not free to leave." He starts playing the struggle dance like I'm not going to go handcuffs. We take him to the ground. He finally calms down after she threatens to tase him with use of force warning. We go to roll him to get him on his stomach. He breaks free again. Gets up, pops me in the face trying to get free. And then we get him back to the ground. Uh she deploy, she dry stuns him and then we get him uh handcuffed. >> Um they're out looking for the female. >> Black girl puffy. You know those like puffy dragons? Yeah. >> Like has little this long. Um, just super. >> She's a skinny little thing. Um, about your height. >> Yeah. >> Um, braids. >> I don't think cornrows, but >> braids. >> Meanwhile, other officers are searching for the woman who fled the scene. >> Could be. Somebody up there. >> Is that a male? >> Vancouver Police Department. You're not in any trouble. >> Nobody's in here. >> Police department. >> Hey, do you happen to see a black female run through here? about 5 minutes ago. >> About 5 minutes ago. >> Yeah. >> Moving pretty quick. >> Um, not really. >> No. Okay. >> Quiet. Pretty quiet. Sneaking through. Hey, how's it going? Does anybody stay down there? >> I don't know. >> You don't know? >> Okay. You didn't see a black female coming through here, did you? >> No, I didn't. >> You didn't? Okay. All right. Thanks. Well, we can uh I know there's calls holding, so let's just go search along the east side fence right there and then uh that's it. >> What? Let me talk that way. >> Okay, thanks. So, she either skirted across somewhere down there. I just kind of want to go this way down here a little bit and then let's haul it. >> Yeah, we can clear and go handle it. >> Amaya Mononttoya was later identified as the woman who fled the scene. Walmart employees wanted her arrested for theft of store merchandise. An officer later identified the stolen items and confirmed to whom they belonged. I know. I'm like, stupid. You want to help me verify what is was stolen from here? >> Backpack probably not ours. >> Backpack probably isn't. >> Probably isn't. Um, yeah, that doesn't look like our tags. >> Okay, >> those >> um Do they have tags on the school? >> No tags. Look pretty new. I didn't know. >> Probably not. Well, again, this is just assuming this is an electronics. I didn't see him go to electronics, but this is from electronics. >> Okay. >> So, he may have had them from before. I I can't say he grabbed the ring. >> Okay. >> But they they may I didn't know when they entered. I just saw that they were at the restrooms and then I know it's a female going to the restroom. >> So, there's a good chance that he probably could have made that. >> Wherever you try to get an exact value of what's what's been taken. So, if we could >> I you want me to just bring all this up? Yeah, if you could bring just what we believe is stolen from here. Otherwise, I got to take whatever else, >> right? No, I get it. >> Back to >> see I I I don't again I can assume this is all mine, but I don't feel confident saying that. Yeah, that's mine. That's mine. Um >> because I didn't see the selection of it. I know he was up here where there's candy. I see candy. Um >> so I can bring up the candy. I would be confident on the candy, you know. the female. She did have apparel that I know was ours, but she took off. Um, >> so it was going to be just a couple bucks in hand. So, I I'll I'll >> But there was no packaging, unfortunately. I don't think you definitely don't think this backpack's from you guys. >> Um, let me scan. >> Okay. There's a there I mean, cuz it's still got all this tag. >> I see. I did see that. This is not ours. >> Not yours. Okay, fair enough. And then whatever you don't think, just hand it to me and I'll put it in this backpack. >> Take a left. >> Wait, is that cut in half? >> Yep. >> Oh [ __ ] >> Turn off you, bro. Love >> Officer Mendoza was initially charged with assault for misdemeanor, but in April 2024, a jury acquitted her, ruling that her actions were not criminal. >> Well, now to this. A Vancouver police officer who threatened to taser a suspect's genitals. Acquitted today. A jury finding 8-year police veteran Andrea Mendoza not guilty of assault. This is after police body camera video captured the encounter in May of last year. As for Elijah Guffy Prejan, he faced charges related to resisting arrest during the incident, but prosecutors later dropped any additional charges, including theft. If you like content like this, please like and subscribe.