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0:00 - Body cam 1 5:57 - Body cam 2 11:01 - Body cam 3 16:20 - Body cam 4 ----- This incident began at 4 a.m. at George’s Creek apartments on Georges Creek Drive. Police said someone called 911 and told the operator that their uncle had a gun and was threatening to kill himself and everyone else in the home. The bodycam video shows police approaching the suspect, identified as 21-year-old Rafael Warfield, outside an apartment building. The officers yell to Warfield to come out with his hands up. Warfield yells something back at the officers, and then gunfire from the suspect can be heard. An officer fires back. Police said Warfield died on the scene. The Ohio Bureau of Criminal Investigation is now handling the case. Columbus Police Chief Elaine Bryant said officers had to respond to the call right away, but the officers did call for the Right Response Unit, which includes a social worker triaging a call to determine the best response. Bryant said the Right Response Unit was unavailable at the time of the 911 call. According to the Columbus police website, the unit is only available until midnight. “In a situation like this where this is a gun and someone actively, aggressively possibly causing harm to themselves or others, officers have to respond accordingly," Bryant said. "There was no history of mental illness we are aware of at the time." Bryant said there were a total of four officers involved, though only one fired their weapon. All four officers are on administrative leave until their examinations are complete. No officers were injured in the exchange of gunfire.

The Boise Police Officers who shot and killed a Boise man last summer have been found justified in their actions under the law, according to a release by the Boise Police. The Blaine County Prosecuting Attorney Matthew Fredback was brought in to review the shooting as part of the Critical Incident Task Force. Fredback determined that the actions of the officers were justifiable under the law. On August 3, 2023, two Boise Police Officers responded to multiple calls for assistance by Christian Johnson. Responding officers were aware that Johnson was likely using methamphetamine at the time, and reported that his behavior was agitated and erratic upon arrival. Johnson was armed with a knife and a hammer when officers arrived. The video from the bodycam worn by the officers has been released. The video shows both officers commanding Johnson to drop the weapon multiple times and attempting to resolve the issue peacefully. Instead, Johnson raised the knife and charged both officers, who opened fire.

Police body camera footage shows a man rushing at an officer with a large kitchen knife in each hand before the officer opened fire in Bridgeport last week, according to a preliminary report released by the Connecticut Office of Inspector General. The report released Monday by Connecticut Inspector General Robert Devlin Jr. identifies the policeman who fired his gun as Bridgeport Police Officer Israel Colon and the knife-wielding suspect as 49-year-old Dale Stephenson, who was taken to St. Vincent’s Hospital following the shooting where he was listed in serious but stable condition. Stephenson was shot last Thursday when Bridgeport officers responded to Birdseye Street just before 6 a.m. on the report of an individual acting erratically and knocking on doors while armed with a knife, according to Devlin’s preliminary report. Officers who responded to the apartment complex encountered Stephenson in the middle of the road, footage from Colon’s body camera shows. Almost immediately upon arriving at the scene, Colon radios in asking for “a couple more units,” saying “This party has two knives,” the footage shows. According to Devlin’s report, Bridgeport Officer Darryl Wilson Jr. also responded to the scene. When Colon steps out of his cruiser, he calls out “Hey, brother” to Stephenson and tries to begin engaging him in conversation. Stephenson almost immediately sprints toward the policeman with a knife in each hand, the bodycam shows. According to the footage, Colon screamed out “Don’t do it” three times as he backed away before firing his gun. Devlin said he fired three rounds and shot Stephenson, who can be seen in the bodycam footage falling to the ground and dropping the knives. According to Devlin’s preliminary report, police provided medical aid to Stephenson before he was taken to the hospital in an ambulance. A statement issued last week by Tiadora Josef, director of public information for the City of Bridgeport, indicated that Stephenson was shot in the lower leg. Devlin said in his report that Stephenson has been charged with attempted first-degree assault and related charges in connection with the incident. Court records show he also faces misdemeanor charges of second-degree reckless endangerment and second-degree breach of peace in addition to the felony assault charge. Stephenson is being held on a $100,000 bond and is scheduled to appear in Bridgeport Superior Court on June 11, records show.

Police have rescued a 6-month-old baby boy who was shot multiple times while held hostage alongside a woman in Arizona. The Surprise Police Department was alerted to a woman and infant who were being held hostage in the area of 168th Avenue and Jenan Drive on Friday, May 17, according to a May 18 statement on the police department's Facebook page. An earlier statement from authorities said the woman had been held hostage inside her residence "by the father of her child" since 3 a.m. local time after he broke into her home. The woman was eventually able to get away from the suspect and alerted a nearby construction crew, who called the police. "Officers learned the infant was still inside the home with the suspect," the statement read. "When officers arrived at the residence, they heard multiple rounds of gunfire from inside. A Surprise Police officer fired one round in response toward the residence where the suspect was located, and officers quickly worked to force entry and rescue the infant who sustained multiple gunshot wounds," the statement continued. The 6-month-old was airlifted to a nearby hospital "in serious condition." According to the second statement from police, the baby is "in critical but stable condition at a local hospital.” "The female victim was treated at the scene for minor injuries and was transported to the hospital to be with her child," the statement added. The suspect involved was later identified as Todd Christopher Marchetti. According to the statement, the 51-year-old was found dead in the home, which caught fire during the standoff, after refusing to surrender to police. “Marchetti continually refused to come out of the home and peacefully surrender to police. After an hours-long standoff, the home caught fire,” authorities said, per the statement. “The cause of the fire remains under investigation.” “Once it was safe for investigators to enter the residence, they discovered the remains of Marchetti with what appears to be a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head,” the statement added. “The cause of death is still pending the results of the medical examiner's full report.”

Body camera footage released by the Oklahoma City Police Department shows a driver being arrested after crashing a stolen vehicle with children inside. Police responded to the scene of a rollover accident on Northwest 23rd Street near North Meridian Avenue on May 11. When police arrived on the scene, witnesses had already removed the two infants from the car and pointed police in the direction the driver ran off. Officers determined the vehicle had been stolen with the children inside. Soon after the car theft, the driver crashed, police said. The children were strapped in their car seats and had minor injuries. Police were able to track down the suspect, who had a previous conviction for robbery with a dangerous weapon. Chance Sanders was arrested for kidnapping, larceny of an auto, and leaving the scene of an accident.

A 23-year-old man who ran away from a mental health clinic in Florida on Sunday was critically wounded in a police shooting after officers encountered him armed with pepper spray and a knife, authorities said. The man, whose name was not immediately released publicly, had been taken to The Vines Hospital by family members to be admitted just before 12:30 p.m. when he began "acting erratic" and ran from the clinic, the Ocala Police Department said. Officers found the man about 10 minutes later near the 5500 block of SW 27th Avenue. When officers approached the 23-year-old, he was determined to be "an immediate threat," prompting officers to use deadly force and shoot the man, according to the department. A man who ran from a mental health clinic in Florida was shot after police found him armed with pepper spray and a knife, according to authorities. (Ocala Police Department) Police later said the man was armed with pepper spray and a knife when officers made contact. Preston Bare told WESH-TV that he was heading home when he witnessed the encounter between the man and police. "The cop was holding the gun, and there was another cop holding the Taser on him, and he was patting on his chest, pleading with the man to please drop whatever he had in his hands," Bare told the station. "Then he got tased, and he started to immediately run toward the cop that had his gun drawn on him, spraying him while he's running with the knife in his hand, and then he got shot." The man was rushed to a local hospital and underwent surgery. Police said he is in serious condition and has further medical procedures pending. No officers were harmed during the incident.

Newly-released dash camera video shows an intense Miami-Dade chase that ended in a crash and water rescue. The incident unfolded on May 9th when a woman, 27-year-old Melina Logan, went to Honda of South Miami to test drive a new Honda Civic, according to an arrest report. Miami-Dade Police and Florida Highway Patrol responded and Logan refused to stop, leading to the pursuit, the report said. Logan was driving recklessly and reaching speeds of around 90 mph as she traveled southbound on the Palmetto, making aggressive lane changes amid heavy traffic and using the shoulder to pass vehicles, the report said. Dash camera video shows the Honda approach standstill traffic near the Northwest 25th Street off-ramp before crashing into several vehicles. The car became disabled and pinned against a concrete wall, but Logan managed to get out and avoid officers, police said. That's when a dash camera captured Logan get on top of the concrete ledge and jump off the ramp and into a lake to try to flee from authorities. Aerial footage from Chopper 6 showed the end of the chase and the woman in the water. Officers threw ropes for her to grab, but she refused, so several officers jumped into the lake to take her out, the report said. During a struggle, she scratched one Miami-Dade officer and briefly pushed a Doral officer underwater, the report said. The officers were able to eventually get her to the ledge and take her out of the water. Logan, of North Carolina, was booked into jail on several charges including grand theft of a vehicle, two counts of battery on a police officer, fleeing and eluding police, leaving the scene of a crash, and resisting an officer. One of the drivers suffered injuries in the crash at the end of the chase and had to be hospitalized, the report said.

A 16-year-old boy has been shot by officers on Detroit’s west side. The shooting occurred on Thursday (April 4) on Fenkell Avenue, Bramell at 7:20 p.m. after officials encountered the teen carrying a gun. During questioning, officials say the teen broke away and ran, causing a foot chase to ensue in which bullets ranged out. Detroit police Chief James White said, “Officers on patrol in the 8th Precinct working special operations near Fenkell and Bramell encountered a male and conducted an investigation for carrying a concealed weapon. During the course of the investigation, the subject broke and ran, and a foot chase ensued and shots were fired. At least two shots were fired, which were confirmed by shotspotter.” White said they’re looking at whether the teen fired shots at the officers on pursuit first or vice versa. The teen was grazed in his left leg and transported to a Metro Detroit hospital, where he was treated for his injury and later released into police custody. White said no officers were injured during the incident, and the 9mm handgun, which was stolen from Dearborn Heights in 2022, was recovered.

A man who was shot by Los Angeles police while they were attempting to arrest him in Torrance was treated and released at a hospital and remained jailed Friday on suspicion of attempted murder. According to the Los Angeles Police Department, the shooting occurred around 3:45 a.m. Thursday in the 4800 block of Torrance Boulevard, where Gang and Narcotics Division and Metropolitan Division plain-clothes officers were assisting Juvenile Division detectives to serve an arrest warrant. Police said earlier the warrant was related to a child abuse investigation. The suspect, 44-year-old Erick Franco-Sanchez, saw officers gathering outside his home and fired multiple shots from the home, police said. Police returned fire, striking the suspect, who surrendered a short time later. He was taken to a hospital, where he was treated and released, then subsequently booked on suspicion of attempted murder, police said. An officer was also treated and released at a hospital for a graze wound to an arm suffered in the shooting, according to the LAPD. No other injuries were reported. A gun and ammunition were recovered from the scene of the shooting, police said. According to jail records, Franco-Sanchez was being held in lieu of $2.85 million bail. No details were immediately released on the nature of the original child abuse investigation that prompted the arrest warrant.

Dashcam footage released by the Florence County Sheriff's Office showed the target of a high-speed chase May 15 drove off the road, crashed and died just outside the Freedom Estates community on Freedom Boulevard. The officer who pursued the driver in a white Mercedes turned his lights on when the speed of the car reached 70 mph, the officer in the video said. He started following the car around South Vance Drive. The deputy tried to stop the driver for "erratic driving," according to a May 16 sheriff's office press release. The chase began near the MUSC Florence Health Medical Center and the video showed some traffic on the streets. The driver being chased used the median to pass by another car where the streetlights end on Freedom Boulevard. The officer also used the median to pass the same vehicle. "He ain't gonna last much longer," the officer said. "Driving like he's driving he's going to wreck himself." A few seconds after that the driver being chased went off the road at the second curve before the intersection of National Cemetery Road and Freedom Boulevard. "He went down into an embankment," the officer said over his radio. The officer then parked his car on the side of the road and got out. He approached a wooded area where the driver being chased went. The car could not be seen in the video at this point. The driver being chased did not hit any other cars in the video.

South Brunswick Police Department is sounding the alarm about motorists’ needing to Move Over while police conduct motor vehicle stops. “In the past 3 weeks, we have had 2 patrol officers SUVs struck while conducting motor vehicle stops. We are lucky that in both cases no officers were injured, but one police car was totaled,” said Chief Raymond Hayducka. He added, “It is dangerous to be stopping vehicles on the highways, sometimes only feet from trucks and cars going 55 mph. We need drivers help at moving over or reducing their speed when they see a police car with its lights on.” The first case took place on April 29, 2024, at 3:37 am. South Brunswick Officers Jorge Robles, Ben Salihi, and Sgt Jesse Blake were already on a car stop for an impaired driver on Route 130 near Viking Way. As they were evaluating the driver with a field sobriety test, a second vehicle crashed into the rear of the police SUV at a high rate of speed. (See video). The driver of the second vehicle, Gonzalo Najera age 30 of Princeton, was found to be driving while intoxicated and arrested. The patrol SUV was totaled in the crash. Najera was charged with multiple offenses, including driving while under the influence. The second crash occurred Thursday at 8:30 am on Route 130 near Broadway Road. Patrolman First Class Jason Gassman was conducting a motor vehicle stop with his emergency lights activated. While the officer was speaking to the driver of his traffic stop, a Grey Honda Odyssey minivan sideswiped the police SUV, damaging its driver’s side. The driver continued northbound without stopping. South Brunswick Police Traffic Safety Bureau is still investigating the hit-n-run. “These two incidents highlight the danger officers face every day. If PFC Gassman had been on the driver’s side yesterday, this would be a much different story,” said Chief Hayducka. New Jersey law is clear on the requirements to MOVE OVER or slow down as you approach an emergency vehicle operating in the roadway. Chief Hayducka added, “It only takes seconds to slow down and move over, but the difference by not doing so can be a tragedy.”

Authorities in Lorain County have arrested Matt Dillion, a man who allegedly assaulted a police officer and dragged the officer by his car while evading arrest for domestic violence. According to the Lorain County Sheriff's Office, Dillion, who was wanted on several warrants including charges of domestic violence and assault on a police officer, was arrested in Amherst on Thursday The arrest came after a pursuit by the Amherst Police Department and Lorain County Sheriff's Office. The suspect fled on foot after crashing into a Lorain County Sheriff's Cruiser near the State Route 2 overpass. Law enforcement officers took Dillion into custody after using the drone unit and K9 "Zor." Officials noted that the deputy driving the vehicle was not injured, but was taken to the hospital as a precaution. Deputies responded to an address on Wallu Drive in South Amherst on Wednesday for a complaint of domestic violence and found Dillion sitting in the driver's seat of a pickup truck in the driveway of the residence. Deputies determined Dillion was in violation of Ohio's domestic violence statute following an investigation. Authorities say deputies attempted to give Dillion multiple verbal commands for him to exit the vehicle for over an hour, which Dillion refused. Deputies then tried to remove Dillion from the vehicle. Dillion allegedly shifted the truck into gear and attempted to reverse out of the driveway. "While reversing, a Deputy was partially dragged by the vehicle while being physically assaulted by Dillion," the sheriff's office said. The officer was not injured. Dillion escaped the deputies after the incident and several warrants were issued through Oberlin Municipal Court. Later that same day, the sheriff's office was again called to the same Wally Drive home, where Dillion and his pickup truck had allegedly returned. After deputies attempted to arrest Dillion, deputies say he refused to comply and drove away in the pickup truck. Deputies tried to pursue Dillion's truck on State Route 113 in South Amherst, but ended the chase on SR 2 near Avon "in the interests of public safety." Authorities reported there were no injuries in any of the incidents. According to the sheriff's office, further charges against Dillion are pending following Wednesday's incidents.

A 32-year-old man is in stable condition from gunshot wounds suffered while allegedly raising a knife to a police officer in the Skid Row area of downtown Los Angeles, authorities said Sunday. Officers were initially dispatched to the area of San Pedro and Sixth streets at about 2:20 p.m. Thursday regarding a woman possibly being sexually assaulted, the Los Angeles Police Department reported. Officers determined that the possible suspect was no longer at the location and requested to be taken off the call. As they were standing near their patrol vehicle, Kyle Harpt -- who police said was not a suspect in the sexual assault and had no connection to the radio call the officers were investigating -- allegedly approached within several feet of the officers while holding a knife in his right hand before suddenly running toward an officer. Harpt was struck by gunfire and collapsed on the sidewalk. Paramedics who were already in the area began rendering aid and transported him to a hospital in stable condition. Harpt was arrested on suspicion of attempted murder, and an 8-inch folding knife with a 3-and-a-half-inch blade was recovered at the scene of the shooting, police added.

The police chase began near the John Glenn International Airport with the Whitehall Division of Police but moved into the southwest side of Columbus around 1:20 p.m. on Tuesday. At 1:32 p.m., the teenage driver made a sudden U-turn at Clime Road near River Bend Road. A Columbus police cruiser struck the side of the Hyundai, caving in the passenger side door and deploying the airbags. Before that collision, the driver-side door had visible damage, but it's unclear if that occurred during the chase. The chase continued on Clime Road and throughout the Hilltop neighborhood before eventually ending up on Clime Road again. Officers could be seen using spike strips, but the teen was able to avoid them. After the teens got back onto Demorest Road, they drove through a shopping center parking lot. A police officer rammed into the back of the Hyundai as it got back onto the road, causing the rear bumper to fall off. The officer hit the bumper again and the Hyundai spun out into a different Columbus police cruiser. The Hyundai, despite being hit again, was able to escape. The chase continued down to a construction site on Eakin Road, where officers had trouble keeping up with the vehicle and could be heard saying they couldn't see. After driving out of the neighborhood, the Hyundai went down a dirt road on West Mound Street. An officer was able to use another pit maneuver and the Hyundai crashed into a tree. Officers took the teens into custody. Both have a history with stolen cars. “Stolen cars have become an increasing problem in Franklin County. This is also considering the severity in nature of the incident, the amount of people who were impacted by it, community members who could have been impacted by the incident,” the prosecutor said in court. Both teens are being held in juvenile detention until their next hearing.

0:00 - Surveillance video 0:42 - Dashcam 1 2:14 - Bodycam 1 3:18 - Dashcam 2 3:57 - Bodycam 2 5:44 - Dashcam 3 7:08 - Bodycam 3 ----- An Illinois police officer who fatally shot a suspect in Wisconsin in March will not be charged, the Rock County District Attorney's Office announced on Friday. The fatal shooting happened on Saturday morning, March 16 – one of two officer-involved shootings involving the same suspect. Authorities said the first shooting happened on Illinois Route 251, just south of the Wisconsin border, during a traffic stop of a carjacking suspect around 9:10 a.m. that morning. The suspect fled police, and a pursuit made its way into Beloit. There, an officer with the Roscoe, Illinois Police Department ultimately rammed the fleeing vehicle and fired their weapon. Video captured the impact and the gunfire. The suspect was taken to a hospital and later died. The Roscoe officer was taken to a hospital for treatment of minor injuries. While Beloit officers assisted in the chase, the police department said they were not involved in the shooting.

Body cam footage was released Friday of a May 5 deadly encounter between Stanislaus County sheriff's deputies and an armed suspect. The Stanislaus County Sheriff's Office released the footage, which contains dispatcher audio of the initial call to authorities, on social media. It all happened on East Monte Vista Avenue and North Quincy Avenue, just outside of Turlock, when deputies responded to a report of a suspicious person trespassing on private property while armed with a knife. Dispatcher audio captured the moment the caller said he already kicked the individual off of his property twice. "I don't know if he's on drugs or if he's drunk, but he is just having a fit out here," the caller said. "I did notice that he does have a knife on him, too." That suspect was later identified as Kevin Frey, 44. Stanislaus County Sheriff Jeff Dirkse narrates the video released on Friday. Sheriff Dirkse said the responding deputy, Deputy Rose, located Frey at the scene trespassing with the knife visibly in his hand. The footage shows the deputy repeatedly asking Frey to drop the weapon, with Frey refusing and stating multiple times that he would leave the scene. Deputy Rose can be heard telling Frey that he was not free to leave and needed to put his hands in the air. Frey is seen walking away from Rose from East Monte Vista to North Quincy. An additional deputy responded, as well as officers from the Turlock Police Department. All law enforcement officials surrounded Frey from all directions as they continued attempts to get him to drop his weapon and surrender. Sheriff Dirkse said the negotiations on North Quincy lasted another 15 minutes, during which, Frey claimed to have a gun in his backpack and threatened to stab Deputy Rose. At this time, crisis negotiators were called to the scene but didn't after law enforcement shot Frey. Body cam footage shows Deputy Rose's continued attempts to get Frey to drop the knife and surrender, and Frey repeatedly saying he was going to charge the deputy with a knife. Minutes later, Frey, who had been in a sitting position, got up and walked toward Deputy Rose with the knife in his hand. Sheriff Dirkse said Frey covered 27 feet in 8 seconds before another deputy fired his gun at Frey. Frey fell to the ground after a single shot from the deputy. Frey, who still had the knife in his hand, refused continued commands from law enforcement to drop it, Sheriff Dirkse said. Law enforcement officials slowly moved in on Frey to detain him and perform life-saving measures, including CPR. Frey was loaded into an ambulance and taken to an area hospital, where he was declared dead. Deputies recovered the knife, and there was no gun located in Frey's backpack. Frey was later found to have had eight prior arrests, between 1998-2004, for various misdemeanor offenses. On May 1, 2024, Frey had set his own apartment on fire and he was wanted on felony arson charges, Sheriff Dirkse said.

Two traveling thieves were arrested on Tuesday in connection to a series of thefts at Best Buys across Florida, deputies say. The Indian River County Sheriff's Office (IRCSO) said Best Buy employees alerted deputies of two suspected shoplifters linked to a string of thefts from multiple locations. However, this time, deputies were waiting for 36-year-old Andrew Causa and 32-year-old Danielle Lorini. Deputies waited outside the store until the two headed toward the parking lot. Body cam video provided by the sheriff's office shows the encounter between deputies and their suspects. Video shows deputies trying to call Causa over. Instead, Causa tried running, but didn't make it far. Deputies caught up with him and wrestled him to the ground. Deputies waited outside the store until the two headed toward the parking lot. Body cam video provided by the sheriff's office shows the encounter between deputies and their suspects. (IRCSO)< > Once Causa was detained, the deputy approached the Jeep Lorini was in. In the video, the deputy drew his taser and told her to step out of the SUV. She was apprehended without issue. Once the two suspects were arrested, the Best Buy employees can be seen thanking deputies for stopping the two thieves. "You just don't know how happy this team is. They got us for $7,000, man," one employee said. Another chimed in saying, "Between all across the other stores about $16,000-$17,000." IRCSO said Lorini from Coral Springs was booked into the county jail for grand theft over $300, and Causa from Fort Lauderdale was booked for resisting an officer without violence, felony grand theft over $300, felony fist degree petit theft, controlled substance possession, and drug paraphernalia possession.

Video released by a Georgia police department shows how officers were able to save an elderly woman from a house fire. On Thursday, the Columbus Police Department shared the above video from the response to a house fire that happened back on May 10 on Waterhill Road. According to police, officers responded around 12:45 a.m. after they smelled smoke nearby and eventually found the home engulfed in flames. Authorities knocked on doors and windows but got no response. Neighbors told officers they believed someone was still inside, an 89-year-old woman. With the fire spreading and firefighters not yet on the scene, police kicked the front door open, finding the resident who was asleep in her bedroom, and escorting her to safety.

The suspect in an officer-involved shooting Sunday afternoon has been identified. According to Oklahoma City Police, officers responded to the 3000 block of NW 61st St. around 4:20 p.m. on May 5 regarding a domestic situation after a woman shot a man. Upon arrival, police found the male victim in the front of the house and moved him to a safe area to receive medical attention. Officers then called for the female suspect, identified as 61-year-old Lisa Daniels, to come outside. She announced to police that she had a gun, and officers got into position to cover the outside of the house. Police say Daniels exited the residence with a sweater over her hand while making motions like she had a gun in her hand. She began to walk closer to officers with her hand raised, which prompted an officer to fire his gun. Daniels was not hit, and officers determined she did not have a gun in her hand. They were able to tase her and take her into custody. Daniels has been booked into the Oklahoma County Detention Center for domestic assault and battery with a dangerous weapon. The gunshot victim was taken to a nearby hospital and is expected to survive. No other injuries have been reported.

0:00 - Body cam 1 8:46 - Body cam 2 11:32 - Body cam 3 ----- A YouTube video released by Chasing Liberty himself, which is a cut-together version of two Tama police officer body camera tapes regarding an incident that occurred on March 30, has been making the rounds on the internet. The edited YouTube video shows officers responding to a home in Tama after a 911 call stated that multiple individuals were screaming and fighting. The 911 caller also stated at one point that someone was yelling, “Stop, stop.” Officer Jake Kessler of the Tama Police Department was the first responding officer. In the video, Kessler attempts to assess the situation and asks a man, who is later identified as Andrew Haus of St. Anthony, for his ID. Haus refuses, there is a back and forth, and Kessler, with the help of other officers, puts Haus on the ground and handcuffs him. Haus pleaded guilty to interference with official acts, which is a misdemeanor. Haus said he is contacting lawyers, but has yet to find one that will take his case against the Tama Police Department. He went on to speak about his children, who witnessed the incident. “My 3 and 5-year-old were right there when it happened, and now when they see a cop they get scared,” he said. Sometime after the March 30 incident, Haus and Chasing Liberty communicated via email about what happened, and Chasing Liberty decided to compile the edited video that was released on April 13.

A police officer was injured and a suspect bitten by a dog Monday night, following a traffic stop on the east side of Dayton. Dayton Police say officers pulled over a car about 10 p.m. May 13 at Bierce Avenue and South Torrence Street for an expired license plate tag. Officers said the driver was acting nervous and moving around, including moving items in the car. According to a narrative provided by Dayton Police, one officer was running the vehicle's plates on the cruiser's computer, while the second officer asked the driver, identified as 30-year-old Antoine Still, to get out of the car. Police say Still refused to comply and officers tried to remove him from the vehicle. Police said Still then put the car in drive and accelerated while one officer was inside the vehicle, struggling with him. The car crashed into parked vehicles, before Still backed it up. One of the officers tried to open the passenger's side door, but it was locked. The vehicle then backed up and stopped. The second officer broke the passenger's side window but, according to police, the vehicle took off again and crashed into a tree, with the first officer still inside the car. The airbag deployed and Still then got out of the car and ran. Body camera video shows the second officer give chase first and deploy a Taser as Still ran into a yard. Still was eventually arrested after hiding nearby. Police say the suspect had been bitten by a dog in the neighborhood and was taken to a hospital to be treated before being taken to the Montgomery County Jail. In the body camera video released by Dayton Police, Still repeatedly said his ribs were broken during the arrest. Police say that the suspect did not sustain any broken bones during the arrest, nor were bones broken before the encounter with the officers. Still is facing Felonious Assault, Kidnapping, Possession of Drugs, and several misdemeanor charges. The officer who was in the vehicle while Still drove away was injured during the incident and was treated at a hospital and released. "Unfortunately, this is an example of how quickly situations can escalate and become dangerous for our officers," Dayton Police wrote in the narrative. "Fortunately, all parties involved in this incident were not more seriously injured."

Los Angeles Police Department officers fatally shot a man allegedly armed with a knife in Koreatown after his parents called the county's Department of Mental Health (DMH) to the home, authorities said Friday. Officers responded to a call in the 400 block of South Gramercy Place just before 11 a.m. Thursday to assist DMH officials who were trying to put the man under a 5150 hold, according to LAPD. They later opened fire on Yong Yang, 40, after allegedly seeing that he was armed with a large kitchen knife. LAPD's Force Investigation Unit is now investigating the deadly shooting. DMH officials were trying to place Yang under the 72-hour 5150 hold to receive evaluation and treatment after he allegedly tried to assault one of them. Yang had been diagnosed as bipolar with schizoaffective disorder and his parents initially called health officials because he had been displaying what police described as "erratic and threatening behavior," according to an LAPD statement about the shooting. Yang was not a resident of the home where his parents lived. DMH officials had already done paperwork to place him under the 5150 hold when officers were called, according to LAPD. Before officers arrived, a DMH ambulance was on its way to transport him to a nearby medical facility for treatment. Upon their arrival, the officers met with DMH officials outside the home. They decided to request more police units, a supervisor, and notified the DMH's Evaluation Unit, police said. Aerial footage shows at least eight patrol vehicles at the scene "Several attempts were made to communicate with Yang and encourage him to exit the residence; however, he refused," LAPD officials said in a statement. The officers got a key to the home and went up a narrow staircase leading to the front door, where they announced their arrival and tried to use the key to open the front door, according to LAPD. As they were doing this, they allegedly saw Yang holding a large kitchen knife while standing in the living room several feet away. "Moments later, Yang advanced toward the officers and an officer-involved shooting occurred," the LAPD statement reads. "Yang was struck by gunfire, dropped the knife, and was taken into custody without further incident." First responders arrived soon after and pronounced him dead at the scene, according to police. Police said an 11-inch kitchen knife with a 6-inch blade was found at the scene. No other injuries were reported in the incident. LAPD has not released any other details.

The Yuma Police Department released edited body camera video that shows when police opened fire on a 29-year-old man armed with a knife earlier this year. Yuma Police was dispatched to the neighborhood of Magnolia Avenue on April 12, 2024, after neighbors called the police, saying a neighbor with a knife was making threats. The 911 caller said the neighbor had a mental illness and explained that police had dealt with him before. Newly obtained body camera video shows the moments that led up to the shooting. From the officer’s body-cam footage, you can see police repeatedly asking him to drop his knife. “Look, we just want to talk to you, man. Dude, put the knife down. Steve, we’re just trying to figure out what happened,” said one officer. He ignores them and keeps walking away. It’s at that point when one officer pulls his taser and fires it, but the suspect keeps walking away and heads down the canal. When he turns back into the neighborhood, police close in on him, and they try to hit him again with the taser. Seconds later, an officer fires his pistol, and the suspect is shot several times. Police Chief Thomas Garrity said the suspect was going for a knife and said they recovered two bladed weapons at the scene. “As part of the investigation, we do know there were 12 shots total fired,” said Garrity. We talked to the 29-year-old suspect’s family, who said police fired too many shots. An eyewitness who saw the whole thing go down stayed firm on her stance after watching the video released by police. “I still think he shouldn’t have been shot so many times. He had a kitchen knife in his hand, he didn’t have a gun,” said Marie Hernandez. When the police chief was asked if officers were fired excessively, he said the county attorney should decide. “My opinion now doesn’t matter, that’s up to the attorney and the investigation,” Garrity said. “I think the video shows for itself what the officers did.” The chief said the suspect had previous run-ins with police, but they weren’t aware of his mental state at the time. However, others say that isn’t so. The same reporting party who called 911 also reportedly told one of the officers at the scene that the suspect struggled with mental illness. The suspect has not been charged. His family said he is out of the hospital and recovering in rehab.

On May 10, another human smuggler using a stolen truck was arrested in Val Verde County after causing serious property damage in his attempt to evade capture. The alleged smuggler, Carlos Lombardich-Villalobos from Lockhart, Texas, drove through multiple intersections and eventually drove through a ranch fence, crashed into a tree, and he and multiple illegal foreign nationals bailed out of the vehicle and fled on foot, authorities said. Texas DPS aircraft assisted troopers on the ground to locate Villalobos. Officials have explained their goal is to catch the smuggler. In this case, they did, and charged him with smuggling of persons, criminal mischief, criminal trespass, deadly conduct, evading arrest, and unauthorized use of a motor vehicle. They also learned that the Dodge Ram he crashed was stolen out of Bastrop, Texas. The troopers also apprehended six illegal foreign nationals and referred them to Border Patrol.

Just-released body camera video shows deputies and firefighters arriving on the scene of a bus crash that killed eight people and injured dozens. Dashcam shows a Marion County sheriff's deputy weaving through backed-up traffic to get to the scene where the bus was lying on its side. Several people were standing near the bus, while others were on the ground, waiting for help. Firefighters opened the back door of the bus and entered to assist people still inside. Bryan Maclean Howard was arrested on DUI manslaughter charges after troopers say he crossed the center line and side-swiped the bus, according to Florida Highway Patrol. While the arrest affidavit shows breath tests that were negative for alcohol, troopers said Howard appeared unsteady at the hospital, with bloodshot eyes and other indicators of insobriety. They said he failed a standard sobriety test. Troopers also said Howard admitted to using cannabis oil through a vape pen he obtained from a friend who has a medical marijuana card.