Henderson police released video of a 48-year-old man who fired more than 130 rounds for an hour before SWAT shot him dead, after he wounded a woman and vowed to force officers to kill him.

The Henderson Police Department released body-camera footage of the Oct. 3 officer-involved shooting of Ropati Tauiliili, who died at the scene of a cemetery standoff in Nevada after unleashing sustained gunfire at police.

Tauiliili, 48, had already assaulted relatives, pointed a rifle at them, and left a woman with two gunshot wounds before officers cornered him. No officers or bystanders were hurt. SWAT officers Julian Diaz and Thomas Whitney fired at the same time and struck him as he shot at them.

The incident began around 3:45 p.m. when a family member called 911. The caller reported Tauiliili had come to a home, assaulted several relatives, and brandished a weapon.

"slapped the kids around"

The same caller told dispatchers he had "pulled out a big old rifle." Officers responded to the domestic disturbance, learned he had battered residents, pointed a gun at them, and left the residence.

Several hours later, officers returned to the same home on a report of gunfire. They found a woman with two gunshot wounds. She was taken to a hospital, treated, and released. From the home, officers impounded about 80 spent rifle casings and a high-capacity drum magazine.

Police said Tauiliili was armed with a Beretta 9mm handgun and a Mossberg 5.56 assault rifle. He had previously served about 15 years in prison in connection with a 1997 killing in Hawaii.

He told his employer he would force a fatal shootout

Tauiliili texted his employer and later spoke with him on a recorded phone call. On that call he said he had harmed his family and planned to force a fatal confrontation with law enforcement.

Police1 reported his exact words on the recording:

"I’m gonna make them kill me,"

The Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department air unit helped Henderson officers and other area agencies locate him at a cemetery. Air footage showed him firing his gun into the air.

Body-camera video captured officers moving in as shots rang out and escorting bystanders to safety. For about an hour, Tauiliili kept firing rounds in all directions. He occasionally pointed the gun at officers or bystanders. Police later recovered 134 shell casings from the cemetery scene.

Similar sudden gun violence has forced rapid police responses in other cities, including a deadly Oakland Hills shooting that left multiple people dead while investigators worked the scene.

SWAT takes cover as the gunfire turns toward them

SWAT and other tactical units arrived and took cover near Tauiliili. When he began firing directly at them, Diaz and Whitney shot simultaneously and struck him. Officers rendered medical aid. He died at the scene.

The body-camera release laid out the full sequence: domestic assault, the wounded woman, the recorded suicide-by-cop statement, the hour of indiscriminate fire, and the final exchange that ended the threat.

Home-based shootings continue to put families and first responders at risk, as when a Gastonia home shooting left two dead and two critically wounded while police identified a person of interest.

In Salt Lake City, a separate non-random shooting outside a Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints building after a funeral dispute left two dead and six injured. The Washington Examiner reported police said the gunfire was not random or faith-based, no arrests had been made, and witnesses had been uncooperative while authorities reviewed surveillance and license-plate readers.

That case, like the Henderson standoff, showed how quickly personal disputes and armed offenders can turn a neighborhood or gathering into an active gunfight that only disciplined police response can stop.

Prior prison time did not keep the community safe

Tauiliili’s record included roughly 15 years behind bars tied to the earlier Hawaii killing. Once free, he obtained a handgun and an assault rifle, battered relatives, shot a woman, and spent an hour spraying rounds near a cemetery until SWAT ended it.

FOX 5 and News 3 LV coverage of the video release and the casings recovered at the home underscored the volume of fire police faced. Officers still got bystanders clear and finished the job without any of their own being hit.

Complicated scenes keep testing police tactics, whether it is a fatal Thornton shooting where a train struck a police vehicle during the response or other fast-moving calls that leave little margin for error.

Deadly weekends and apartment confrontations add to the same pressure. After a violent stretch in one major city, officials faced public scrutiny over language and results, while an evicted Minneapolis tenant opened fire and left two dead along with three wounded officers.

In Henderson, the outcome was clearer: a determined armed man who announced his plan to die by police gunfire, a wounded civilian who survived, more than 130 rounds expended in the standoff, 134 casings recovered at the cemetery, and two SWAT officers who stopped the threat.

When a violent offender with a lengthy prison history arms himself, attacks his own family, and spends an hour trying to bait a shootout, the public needs police who will close distance, protect bystanders, and end the fight.