China's state TV shows footage of scuffle leading to fatal police shooting at a train station

In this still image taken from cellphone video recorded May 2, 2015 by a bystander, Xu Chunhe, left, struggles with policeman Li Lebin, right, in a train station in Qing'an city in northeastern China's Heilongjiang Province. Xu, who was unarmed, was later fatally shot by Li, and China’s main state broadcaster released security camera footage of the incident Thursday, May 14, 2015, amid a public outcry over concerns that the policeman used excessive force. (Photo via AP) (The Associated Press)

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In this still image taken from cellphone video recorded May 2, 2015 by a bystander, policeman Li Lebin, left, kicks Xu Chunhe, right, during a struggle in a train station in Qing'an city in northeastern China's Heilongjiang Province. Xu, who was unarmed, was later fatally shot by Li, and China’s main state broadcaster released security camera footage of the incident Thursday, May 14, 2015 amid a public outcry over concerns that the policeman used excessive force. (Photo via AP) (The Associated Press)

A police officer wearing a revolver holster adjusts a barrier at he sits on duty outside the ticket office at the Beijing Railway Station in Beijing, Wednesday, May 13, 2015. After a policeman shot an unarmed traveler in a train station in northeastern China on May 2, calls for an independent investigation have grown as the Chinese public has become uneasy about the newly granted power for normal police officers to carry guns and has questioned if the police can use the lethal weapon responsibly. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein) (The Associated Press)

BEIJING – China's main state broadcaster has released security camera footage showing that a man who was fatally shot by police at a train station behaved aggressively and attacked a policeman with a long baton before the officer opened fire.

The footage Thursday on China Central Television gives a fuller picture of the scuffles leading up to the May 2 shooting of Xu Chunhe in the northeastern town of Qing'an, some of which had circulated online from a bystander's video clip.

The incident drew a public outcry over concerns the policeman had used excessive force.

The edited security footage shows the 45-year-old man punching the officer in the head and later wrestling away the long baton the officer used to try to subdue him and then using it to attack the officer.