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Near a gas station in Fresno, Calif., the 19-year-old man refuses orders to pull one hand from behind his back and stop walking toward police.

鈥淵ou鈥檙e going to get shot man!鈥� one officer shouts as Dylan Noble walks forward with one hand raised and the other behind his back. As Mr. Noble responds, saying he hates his life, one officer shoots him twice, with two more bullets coming after he had already fallen, a graphic body-camera video released by police on Wednesday shows.

Police discovered Noble was unarmed and carrying only a small plastic container with an unknown purpose in his hand, Fresno Police Chief Jerry Dyer said at a news conference. The officers, who had responded to a report of a man with a rifle when they pulled him over, had no way of knowing that when he refused to cooperate with police, he said.

The release of the video of the shooting on June 25, which was initially delayed as police investigated, comes at at a particularly thorny time. Bystander videos of police shootings of black men in Louisiana and Minnesota and of a black man who killed five officers in Dallas, Texas have each sparked outrage and debates about how race and policing intersect.

In the case of Noble, who was white, the initial lack of outrage generated protests itself. One vigil the day after his death featured Confederate flags and a 鈥淲hite Lives Matter鈥� sign, .

But the release of the footage has put the focus back on a broader debate about how police use deadly force, regardless of the suspect's race. Noble鈥檚 father, Darren Noble, who saw the video at a private screening on July 8,

Fresno police, however, hope the video can also bring clarity to officers' decision to shoot. The body cam footage could show why police "felt, at least in their minds," that it was the right thing to do, Dyer told reporters, according to the Post.聽

Noble鈥檚 mother has filed a legal claim against the city, saying the shooting was unjustified, and that she聽suffered as a result of the senseless and brutal death of her son."

Attorneys for both of Noble鈥檚 parents聽聽had not used other means, including a TASER or a K9 that was believed to be with the officers to subdue him before drawing their guns.聽

Chief Dyer, who had earlier called the shooting a 鈥渢ragedy,鈥� acknowledged the video was gruesome, but said it was important for the public to be able to see it, the Associated Press reports. He said he hopes it would not spark further violence amid anti-police sentiment in Fresno and across the country.

鈥淭ensions are high," Dyer said. "In some cases we are one spark away from a forest fire. And I pray this video doesn't serve as that spark.... This is not a time to become violent.鈥�

But there were still many unanswered questions, he said at the news conference Wednesday.

鈥淲ere the last two rounds fired by the officers necessary? Based on a reasonable fear, did the officers have to use deadly force? I do not have the answer to that today,鈥� Dyer said, .聽鈥淭hat video was extremely disturbing to watch.鈥�

Earlier, he had declined to release the video as the police investigation began, , 鈥淭he video, whether it鈥檚 shown this week or in four weeks, is not going to change.鈥�

The debate around the significance of Noble鈥檚 death is also likely to continue, including among supporters of a growing movement to raise awareness of police violence.

One Black Lives Matter supporter tweeted Friday that the movement 鈥渟tands with Dylan Noble,鈥� but her comment drew a mixed reaction, with some surmising that his death was so-called suicide by cop, the Post reports.

But Noble鈥檚 family echoed other recent victims鈥� families in calling for both accountability and no further violence.

聽鈥淲e have one thing in common with the police department right now,鈥� Warren Paboojian, a lawyer for Noble鈥檚 father, told local station YourCentralValley. 鈥淲e or any threats to police officers or anyone else.鈥�