Horrifying video shows California cop shooting man SEVEN TIMES outside a 7-Eleven after suspect grabbed the officer's magazine (10 Pics)

 The spot outside a convenience store where a transient was shot and killed by a Huntington Beach police officer Friday morning became a hotbed of tension where where supporters of the officer and sympathizers with the victim yelled their versions of the viral story at each other.

“Cops are killing these kids because the look like they’re doing something, and they’re not doing anything,” one man said to another among the candles and flowers some people left for the deceased. “My son was killed by a police officer, so I know how dirty they are.”

The shooting was reported around 9:40 a.m. in the parking lot of a 7-Eleven at 6012 Edinger Avenue in Huntington Beach.

Video of the incident – which was also captured on cell phone video and posted to social media – showed an officer wrestling with the suspect.

The video appears to show the suspect grab an item from the officer’s belt prior to the shooting, possibly an ammunition clip.

At one point, the officer backed away and fired seven shots at the suspect, who then fell to the ground. The officer can be heard telling the suspect to “get down.”

He was taken to a hospital where he later died, police confirmed to CBS2. No officers were hurt.

“Clearly, this person attacked our police officer,” Huntington Beach Police Chief Robert Handy told reporters Friday. “And I don’t think that there’s any way an officer’s expected not to defend themselves.”

The shooting took place outside this 7-Eleven in Huntington Beach, California, on Friday morning

The circumstances that led up to the shooting were unclear, along with why officers were initially called the convenience store.

Huntington Beach did, however, say that the officer involved was not a rookie, not near retirement, and had years of experience.

A man who shot the video and didn’t want to be identified told CBS2 News the victim “wasn’t listening. He turned around and tried to throw a punch at the cop.”

“When the cops tell you to do something, you’re supposed to follow orders,” nearby resident Danny Thomas told CBS2.

Plywood covered a shattered storefront window a bullet from the officer’s gun penetrated. An earlier unconfirmed report that someone inside the convenience store was grazed by the bullet turned out to be erroneous.