Moment Washington cops shoot dead a carjacking suspect who pointed a gun directly at officers inside a crowded American Legion hall bingo game

Newly released body camera footage shows Washington police chase a carjacking suspect inside a crowded bingo hall and shoot him dead after he pointed a gun at the officers.

Clark County Sheriff's Office deputies tracked down two carjacking suspects - one male and one female - to an American Legion parking lot around 11 a.m. on April 13. 

The male suspect, later identified as 41-year-old Benjamin Steven Woods, refused to comply with the deputies and ran into the packed bingo hall while being chased by the police dog, reported KOIN.

Inside the hall, video showed Deputy Michael Gonzalez warn the suspect he is going to get shot, then Woods pulled out his weapon and said 'you're gonna get shot' to the deputy. 

Gonzalez and Deputy Jim Payne fired multiple rounds at Woods as he fell to his knees in the doorway of the bathroom in front of horrified patrons. 

Clark County Sheriff's Office deputies shot carjacking suspect 41-year-old Benjamin Steven Woods inside a packed bingo hall after he pulled a gun on them

Deputy Michael Gonzalez and Deputy Jim Payne fired multiple rounds at Woods as he fell to his knees in the doorway of the bathroom

At 10:30 a.m., deputies responded to a reported carjacking in Hazel Dell where the victim said a man and a woman had stolen his van. The witness also stated the male suspect was armed with a handgun.

About 20 minutes later, deputies were dispatched to an attempted carjacking near Goodwill in Salmon Creek where the suspects' descriptions matched the two from the Hazel Dell incident. 

Deputies located the stolen van from the Hazel Dell carjacking behind the American Legion at 14011 NE 20th Ave. and approached Woods.

Body camera footage showed Gonzalez warning Woods he would get bit by the police dog if he did not comply as Woods continued to walk away from the deputies.

Gonzales is then heard saying 'it's a gun' as Woods enters the American Legion.

Payne shouted at Woods to take his hands out of his pockets and when he does the deputy said 'gun in his hand.'

'Sent the dog, there's people over there,' Payne said as he ran towards the building. 

Inside the bingo hall, Gonzales is commanding his K9 officer in the room packed with bingo players.

As Payne and Gonzales close in on Woods in the bathroom doorway, Woods pointed his gun at them and the deputies immediately fire at him.

Woods' weapon slid out of his hand as he fell to his knees, writhing in pain, and deputies continued to tell him not to move. After Woods stopped moving, deputies dragged his body into the hall and rendered aid until EMS arrived.

Medical personnel pronounced Woods dead at the scene, and the female suspect, identified as Lyndsey D. Jones, was later found and arrested for residential burglary.

The shooting is being investigated by the Southwest Washington Independent Investigative Response Team, led by the Vancouver Police Department.

Authorities identified Sergeant Fred Harrison and Deputy Enrique Cordero as the other two deputies who witnessed responded and witnessed the shooting.

Gonzalez warned the suspect he was going to get shot, then Woods pulls out his weapon and said 'you're gonna get shot' to the deputy

Woods weapon slid out of his hand as he fell to his knees writhing in pain and deputies continue to tell him not to move

Body camera footage showed Gonzalez warned Woods he would get bit by the police dog if he did not comply as Woods continued to walk away

Jamie Gardner, 61, told The Oregonian she was on her fourth round of bingo at the American Legion post when Woods ran in and estimated about 30 people were in attendance.

'Then the shots rang out, and I put two and two together and just dropped to the floor,' said Gardner.

'I could hear some old people saying "I can’t get under the table!" It was awful.'  

Deborah Alderman, who was inside playing bingo, told KPTV the shooting happened right behind her.

'We were sitting in the bingo and all of a sudden, a guy came in through the back door,' said Alderman

'He went into the bathroom, I don’t know if it was the men or women’s and next thing you hear yelling then bam bam bam bam bam bam and we all hit the floor.'