A cell phone video that emerged Wednesday shows that Alton Sterling apparently was not holding a gun when police officers fatally shot him in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, on Tuesday.

The Daily Beast first published the disturbing video , which it obtained from Abdullah Muflahi, the owner of the convenience store where the shooting took place. Muflahi told the news organization that Sterling was not causing trouble and that he had been a welcome presence at the store for years.

Two white police officers shot Sterling, a 37-year-old black man, as he sold CDs in the convenience stores parking lot early Tuesday morning. Authorities were responding to a complaint about an armed man threatening people outside the store.

Eyewitness video of Sterlings death began circulating on social media on Tuesday. It showed Sterling on the ground, pinned underneath two officers. At one point, one of the police officers shouted, Hes got a gun! One of the officers is then seen holding a gun at Sterlings chest at nearly point-blank range. Seconds later, Sterling is shot multiple times.

Paramedics pronounced Sterling dead when they arrived on the scene.

Police have claimed that Sterling was armed, but the new video does not show Sterling holding a weapon or behaving in a threatening manner.

The graphic footage , which was filmed close to the incident, appears to show two officers pinning Sterling to the ground just before several rounds are fired at him. Moments later, an officer shouts and at least three more shots are heard. As one officer sits on the ground, a second officer is seen pulling an object from Sterlings right pocket. Sterling, still alive and with a visible wound to his chest, moves his left arm toward his head and face.