GONZALES - People who saw law enforcement officers kill a man outside a gas station Monday morning say their memories don't match the report released by State Police, the WBRZ Investigative Unit learned.

The manager of the gas station and family member of the man who was killed says he did not shoot first.

Witnesses said 25-year-old Abdulrahman Ali went into the Fuel Stop on West Orice Roth Road around 12:30 a.m. with a gun and demanded cash from the register.

According to State Police, Ascension Parish deputies and a Gonzales Police officer stopped Ali outside of the store because his vehicle was connected to a robbery.

Troopers said Ali got out of his car holding a gun and ignored officers' commands to drop it. He reportedly fired the gun into the air and then pointed the weapon at officers before he was shot and killed.

Witnesses who spoke to the WBRZ Investigative Unit said Ali was not the first to fire.

A surveillance video obtained by the WBRZ Investigative Unit shows the 28 seconds before Ali died. Witnesses who were there the night of the shooting confirmed that the footage depicted what they saw early Monday morning.

The footage shows a person sitting on top of the trunk of a car with his legs folded underneath him. The video does not have audio, but it appears the person was talking to officers before moving his hand to his side. Seconds later, he was shot several times.

WBRZ reached out to State Police, who sent this official statement:

I will not be able to confirm any videos that were posted on Facebook as they could have been edited, changed, or otherwise altered.  However, I will tell you that LSP does not, and will not release information pertaining to an investigation that WE have not CONFIRMED to be true and accurate.  Thanks.  Please see the UPDATE to the release we submitted yesterday evening for an details you want to verify as true.  The facts are in the News Release. 

WBRZ has reached out to the Ascension Parish Sheriff's Office and Gonzales Police Department to see the status of the law enforcement officers involved.