The NYPD released new video Tuesday evening that the department said shows the exact moment officers confronted a mentally ill man — who they said they fatally shot —  last Wednesday in Brooklyn. But the video does not show a clear view of the shooting.

The NYPD released almost four minutes of video showing the scene immediately before and after four officers shot Saheed Vassell ten times in Crown Heights, killing him. Vassell's family said he was bipolar.

The police department said officers who responded to the scene opened fire after Vassell pointed a welding torch that they thought was a silver handgun. Critics have since called for the department to release video of the entire incident.

It's from a far away angle, appearing to come from a surveillance camera across the street from where the shooting took place, so we cannot see exactly what is happening between police and Vassell.

On the top left of your screen in the video above, you can see several officers quickly exit their vehicles with their guns drawn. On the right side of your screen in the video above, you can see a crowd of people take cover inside a nearby building, presumably when they heard the officers shoot Vassell.

The new video does not show what Vassell was doing the moment he was shot. 

Police said the video released Tuesday is the only footage in their possession at this time that captures the shooting on video.

In a statement, the NYPD said, "The NYPD is committed to transparency, as demonstrated with prior releases of body worn camera footage of officer-involved-shootings when it is available. The NYPD is also committed to ensuring that the Attorney General can conduct a thorough and complete review. The Attorney General's office has thus far not objected to the release of video in the Vassell case. Today the NYPD is releasing the only footage in NYPD possession at this time that captures the shooting on video. The incident remains under investigation, and any and all materials discovered in the course of this investigation are being delivered to the Attorney General."

The video is surveillance footage, not body camera video. Police said the officers who shot Vassell did not have body cameras.

The NYPD body camera program is relatively new, with only about 2,200 officers currently wearing them, but police officials said all 20,000 patrol officers and detectives on the streets will have them by the end of this year.

Earlier Tuesday, Mayor Bill de Blasio told reporters that the NYPD should release the entire video, and indicated that they would soon do so. It is not clear if the video released Tuesday evening is the footage that de Blasio discussed.

The office of New York State Attorney General Eric Schneiderman is also investigating the shooting.

"Our office played no role in the NYPD's decision to release partial footage concerning the Vassell case last week, and we have not objected to the NYPD's release of video footage of the officers," said Amy Spitalnick, the press secretary for Schneiderman.

Two days after the shooting, the police department released an edited video it said showed Vassell crossing the street, taking an aggressive stance and pointing an object at pedestrians. The department also released a transcript of the subsequent 911 calls.

It is unclear if the public will ever see the rest of that edited video, which is from a different vantage point.

The NYPD said the unedited video does not show the officers, only Vassell being hit by the bullets, which the department does not plan to release.