SEATTLE, WA - Seattle police have released a tranche of new information about the events surrounding the police shooting of Charleena Lyles on Sunday. On Thursday afternoon, police released the 911 call that Lyles made before her death requesting assistance for a burglary. Police also released surveillance video from outside Lyles' apartment, which shows the 24 hours before the shooting. The tape does not show anyone entering or exiting Lyles' apartment in the few hours before the shooting.

Police also released a screenshot of the hazard warning that officers Steven McNew and Jason Anderson received before they went to meet Lyles. The hazard warning indicates that Lyles, 30, had previously "armed herself with a knife and threatened officers." On June 5, Lyles was arrested for harassment after a domestic violence incident; the responding officers encountered Lyles holding a pair of large scissors, which she eventually dropped, according to the police report.

Lyles' death has drawn widespread outrage from many parts Seattle, in particular from her family and the people who reside in her Sand Point apartment complex. Three of Lyles' children were with her with she was shot, and she was reportedly three months pregnant.

The hazard warning officers received before meeting Lyles.

McNew and Anderson went to Lyles' apartment just before 10 a.m. Sunday. The officers' interaction with Lyles is routine, but abruptly turns into a confrontation, according to audio released by the department. Seattle police allege that Lyles pulled a knife and "confronted" McNew and Anderson. It takes about 15 seconds for the officers to order Lyles to "get back" before they both opened fire. Within that span of time, one officer asks the other to use a Taser, but neither had one. Seattle police have said that both officers had less lethal weapons on them, and both had undergone crisis deescalation training.

Seattle police released the 24-hour surveillance video in a sped up version, but it is still more than 5 hours long. Throughout the video, several people come and go.

Click here to watch the video and listen to Lyles' 911 call.

Image Patch.com/Neal McNamara

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