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Cedar Hill police released dashcam video of a chase Wednesday night that ended with a shootout and a wanted man critically wounded. Chief of Police Ely Reyes said plainclothes officers with the department's Criminal Investigation Division were looking for a man wanted for two felonies on Wednesday night when he was spotted at about 8:10 p.m. along the 300 block of North Joe Wilson Road. Reyes said the officers attempted to detain the man, but that he was able to get into his vehicle and drive away. The officers followed the man and were soon joined by marked police cars, which followed the driver through Duncanville and into Dallas. It was there, police said, the man exited U.S. Highway 67 at Wheatland Road and then opened the driver's side door and fired at least one shot toward the officers. In a dashboard camera video released by Reyes on Friday, one officer can be seen returning fire through his windshield. The chase then ends as the man gets out of his car and seems to continue firing at police. An officer from Cedar Hill and Duncanville both returned fire, striking the man at least once. Police provided first aid, and the man was taken to a hospital. Police said Friday the man remains hospitalized in critical but stable condition. No police officers were injured in the exchange of gunfire. Reyes said the man wanted by police had an extensive criminal history that included burglary, armed robbery and felony possession of a firearm. The man was also going to be charged with felony evading with a motor vehicle.

0:54 - Officer Verdugo 7:58 - Officer Martinez 8:52 - Dashcam 12:45 - Officer Marte 15:48 - Officer Flores-Martinez ----- Houston police are investigating the death of a man at 7012 Semmes Street about 10:50 p.m. on Saturday (June 1). The identity of the man, 39, and his cause of death are pending an autopsy by the Harris County Institute of Forensic Sciences. HPD Homicide Division Detectives D. Hammons and M. Child reported: HPD patrol officers responded to a criminal mischief call at a residence at the above address that escalated due to the suspect becoming violent toward family members. A family member stated the suspect was acting out in an aggressive manner and was in crisis. Officers arrived at the location and found the suspect in the street. He was taken into custody by numerous officers. Houston Fire Department paramedics were called to assist in transporting the man to an area hospital for an emergency detention order. The man became unresponsive and was later pronounced deceased at Memorial Hermann Greater Heights Hospital.

0:00 - Intro 0:12 - Officer Simon 3:34 - Officer Salameh 6:39 - Officer Kneisley ------ On June 5, HPD officers responded to a burglary call inside the Flats at Tanglewilde complex along Tanglewilde Street, just north of Westheimer at South Gessner. In a statement Friday, officials said a resident had called 911 after receiving an alert from her security camera. The resident had also called family members in the area, which officers did not know at the time they responded, according to police. When officers arrived, HPD said they saw a “male matching the description of one of the burglary suspects.” HPD alleges that the man pointed a weapon at officers, which led to officers J. Simon and S. Salameh discharging their weapons, hitting the man in the leg. Officers later identified the man they shot as 19-year-old Omar Camacho. Speaking to us over the phone Friday, Camacho explained that it was hard to rewatch the moments he got shot. He said the police description of events was only part of the story. Camacho’s sister-in-law confirmed to KHOU 11 that she did call police and her family on June 5 after her Ring camera sent her a video of three men breaking into her apartment. She said her family sent Camacho to check on the unit, but by the time he arrived, the burglars were gone. In a news conference immediately after the incident, HPD Assistant Chief Yasar Bashir said Camacho discharged a weapon and police had “evidence to back that up.” However, police Friday said an investigation was continuing to find out whether Camacho fired a shot. As of Friday, the three suspects who initially broke into the apartment have not been identified or apprehended.

The Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department is holding a press conference regarding two officer-involved shootings that happened this week. Assistant Sheriff Yasenia Yatomi will discuss additional details of the officer-involved shootings from June 25 and 26. On Tuesday, one person was shot by police during an armed confrontation at a home in the 2000 block of Valley Drive, near Lake Mead Boulevard and Rancho Drive. The suspect involved was identified as 41-year-old Matthew Tindall. Police said Tindall had broken into a residence while armed with a knife. Two officers arrived to the scene and heard yelling for help from a neighboring residence. Both officers ran to the home and saw three people outside the front door. Tindall was in the doorway in a fight with another man and was holding a knife. After issuing vertbal commands to Tindall, he dropped the knife, but then bent down and started to reach for it. Officer Miguel Rodriguez fired his gun, hitting Tindall. Rodriguez, 31, has been with the department since 2017, and police said he fired five rounds in total. Tindall is held on charges of attempted murder with a deadly weapon, attempted murder with a deadly weapon against an older person, home invasion with a deadly weapon, home invasion with a deadly weapon against an older person, battery with a deadly weapon, and resisting an officer with a deadly weapon that was not a firearm. Wednesday's shooting happened in the area of Boulder Highway and Russell Road. Police shot a man who they say was armed with two knives and threatening customers at a business. The suspect was identified as 62-year-old Robert Kunhart. Several officers responded to the scene and found Kunhart in the parking lot of the business holding a knife and appearing agitated. Officers told him to drop the knife, but he ignored them and proceeded to walk toward the front doors of the store. As officers followed Kunhart, they saw he had two knives, one in each hand. Officers utilized mutliple less-lethal options to prevent the man from going tinto the business with several people inside. Those options were not effective, and he cotinued to walk toward police. Kunhart then charged, causing two officers to fire their weapons, hitting the suspect. The officers involved in this incident have been identified as Sergeant Ashley Ravelo, 32, and Officer Johnny Patino, 32. Ravelo fired one round, and Patino fired five rounds. Kunhart faces charges of attempted murder on a protected person and resisting a public officer with a weapon that wasn't a firearm.

Two people were arrested after a car chase through Pierce County, according to the Pierce County Sheriff’s Department. The pursuit ended peacefully on the I-5 off-ramp at 54th Ave East in Fife. The incident began when deputies noticed a car driving without headlights on 72nd Street East near Golden Given Road East. When deputies attempted to stop the car, the driver refused to pull over and sped off recklessly. Initially, deputies did not pursue the car due to safety concerns. A second deputy later spotted the car and followed from a safe distance. The chase continued until the car lost a tire and stopped at the I-5 off-ramp. Deputies attempted to use verbal commands to get the suspects to exit the car, but the suspects did not comply. Deputies then used non-lethal 40mm rounds to break the car’s windows. The initial shots missed, but subsequent rounds shattered the back window, allowing tear gas into the car. After the spray entered the car, the driver and passenger, who had switched seats, finally exited the car. The 35-year-old woman was booked into the Pierce County Jail for obstructing a law enforcement officer, while the 42-year-old man was booked for eluding and obstruction.

An investigation by the Office of the Inspector General concluded that officers were justified in responding with deadly force to an ambush that left two officers and the suspect dead. The report, which was required by law because an officer used deadly force, details the events of Oct. 12, 2022. Nicholas Brutcher called the Bristol Police to report that his brother, Nathan, was being aggressive toward him. When Sgt. Dustin DeMonte and officers Alex Hamzy and Alec Iurato arrived on the scene, Brutcher opened fire on them, killing DeMonte and Hamzy and wounding Iurato, who was able to return fire. He struck Brutcher once, killing him. “Based on the facts developed during the investigation, I have determined that Officer Iurato’s use of deadly force was justified to defend himself, others on scene, and other Responding Bristol police officers from serious injury or death at the hands of Nicholas Brutcher,” state Inspector General Robert J. Devlin, Jr. wrote in the 66-page report. The report details Nicholas Brutcher’s behavior before the fatal encounter later that evening. Brutcher and his brother Nathan went to a local bar, where Nicholas got into a physical altercation with another patron. The bartender called the police, who pulled over the two Brutcher brothers after they left the bar. The report says Nicholas Brutcher was extremely aggressive toward the officers who pulled him over. Officer Mark McGrane, who responded to the traffic stop, spoke to the IG’s office during the investigation. “While discussing whether Nathan Brutcher would be ‘jammed up’ for his behavior, Nicholas Brutcher became more agitated and began to approach me in a belligerent manner,” he said in testimony. “Nicholas seemed to be very agitated to the point I thought [h]e might want to harm us based on his body language and verbal attacks. I considered the movement toward me to be [in] a very quick and aggressive manner. Based on his verbal attack on myself and other officers, I believed he may have wanted to cause me harm.” The Brutcher brothers were allowed to go home after receiving infractions for creating a public disturbance. Nicholas Brutcher then called the Bristol Police to report that his brother, Nathan, was behaving in a belligerent way. When the three officers arrived, Nicholas Brutcher was hiding at his parent’s house next door with an AR-15-style rifle and a handgun. He opened fire on the officers, striking all three and his brother, who had come out into the driveway to meet the officers. According to the report, after officers DeMonte and Hamzy fell, Nicholas Brutcher stood over the officers and fired several shots at them. His mother, Catrina Brutcher, began screaming at Nicholas to stop. He replied, “How proud are you of me? How proud?” Officer Iurato fired and hit Nicholas Brutcher in the base of the skull, killing him. The report notes that Nicholas Brutcher was known to have a drinking problem in the months leading up to the shooting, and that he was struggling with significant debt. Devin concluded his analysis of Nicholas Brutcher by saying, “…the numerous stressors in Nicholas Brutcher’s life, coupled with his heavy substance use, and perceived grievance from the traffic stop, are probable motivations for his subsequent targeted act of violence against the Bristol officers. In this regard, it must be emphasized that Nicholas Brutcher is the murderer here. It would be wrong to place any blame for the attack on the traffic stop officers or others in Nicholas Brutcher’s life.”

The Toledo Police Department is encouraging people experiencing a mental health crisis to reach out for help after a recent incident in which officers brought a woman to safety. TPD released body camera footage Thursday of officers bringing a woman who was leaning over the edge of the Martin Luther King Bridge back to safety on June 9. You can watch it in full in the attached video player. The video shows officers arriving on the scene and blocking foot traffic on the bridge in both directions. An officer is heard asking the woman what her name is, and asking if it’s okay if he can come closer. Two officers take her down from the edge of the bridge, repeatedly tell her “we got you” and go in for a group hug. They took her to a medical facility for evaluation and treatment.

A woman tried to evade arrest by climbing out of a second-story window in Tampa on Tuesday afternoon. The Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office (HCSO) said deputies arrived to serve a felony arrest warrant to 27-year-old Quanae Toussaint for aggravated assault with a deadly weapon and discharging a firearm in public or residential property. Body camera video shows the moment deputies arrived at 7018 San Ramon Place. The video shows an HCSO K-9 searching the residence. Once the K-9 unit reached a room at the end of the hallway, the deputy kicked the door down to find Toussaint hanging outside the second-story window. The sheriff's office said Toussaint locked herself in a room and attempted to evade arrest by climbing out the window. "To see our deputies shift from making an arrest to preserving life is commendable," said Sheriff Chad Chronister. "This criminal had no intention of being arrested and I couldn't be more proud of our team for taking her into custody safely."

A fugitive driver jumped out of a window to evade police before being chased and wrestled to the ground by a police dog. Liviu Radu, 29, led officers on a high-speed chase before crashing his car and fleeing the scene on foot. Police dashcam footage shows Radu weaving in and out of traffic as he sped through Bedworth, Warwickshire, on March 16. He is seen running a red light before being rammed by another police car as he raced through Binley Woods. Radu then runs across a road and into a nearby housing estate, but a National Police Air Service helicopter picked up his trail an hour later, filming him peeping through the curtains of a house off Quorn Way. He climbs through a window on the first floor and scrambles down a drainpipe before hiding behind a bin before he walks along a pavement where he bumps into a police dog handler. He is seen appearing to give himself up before he suddenly turns and sprints away. The police dog is released and repeatedly jumps up at Radu, who continues to run before he is eventually tackled to the ground by the dog. Radu, of Coventry, admitted driving without insurance, driving dangerously and driving not in accordance with a license. He was given a 12-month suspended sentence and fined £1,500 when he appeared at Warwick Crown Court on June 21. He was also ordered to pay a victims’ surcharge of £187, prosecution fees of £150 and banned from driving for 12 months.

A deadly officer-involved shooting in downtown South Bend earlier this month has been ruled justified by the St. Joseph County Prosecutors Office. Many in the community had questions after the June 11 shooting that resulted in the death of 69-year-old John Charles Neiswender, and a lot of those questions were answered by law enforcement at two separate news conferences on Thursday afternoon. During the first news conference, prosecutors described what happened leading up to the shooting. They said they felt bad for the Neiswender’s family and everyone involved, but they said what happened was necessary. At the second news conference, police showed the moments St. Joseph County Prosecuting Attorney Ken Cotter had described earlier through police body cameras and in-car videos. We saw for the first time what the two South Bend police officers involved in the shooting saw and what they heard from their vantage points. Officers were initially called the morning of June 11 to the area of the East Race and LaSalle Street on reports of a man stabbing vehicles. When they arrived, Neiswender was no longer in the area, but he was later found in a parking lot off LaSalle Avenue and Niles Avenue — armed with a knife. On Thursday, we learned there were three minutes from the start of the interaction between Neiswender and the officers to the shooting, which South Bend Police Chief Scott Ruszkowski said is an eternity. “The longer, the better (is) our theory, and it’s empirical on my part that the longer talking, the less something is happening,” Chief Ruszkowski said. The officers, identified as Officer Joseph Carey and Officer Randall McMurray, asked Neiswender three times to take his hands out of his pockets and put them on the wall. The video shows Neiswender refusing to be cuffed and threatening to kill the officers. Officer McMurray tried to tase Neiswender in an attempt to disarm and detain him, but police say he was wearing six layers of clothing, which likely prevented the taser from working properly because the prongs did not penetrate his skin. Neiswender is then shown in the video picking his knife up from the ground. He then steps toward the officers, prompting Officer Carey to fire his gun six times. Neiswender was hit three times before he was taken to the hospital, where he later died. Law enforcement emphasized during both news conferences the distances the officers were from Neiswender. Officer Carey was 15 feet away from Neiswender while McMurray was 17 feet away. This is noteworthy because Cotter said it takes a person half a second to process danger from 21 feet away, and that it takes a person about one and a half seconds to cover 21 feet. During their analysis of the incident, South Bend police said Officer McMurray is at the fore of crisis intervention training, meaning they had the right person out there trying to de-escalate the situation for several minutes. In the end, the situation is heartbreaking for everyone involved. Cotter and Ruszkowski both gave condolences to the Neiswender family during their press conference. It’s also been hard on the officers, as we were told they’re not doing well after the shooting.

The Moore Police Department (MPD) released dash-cam and body-cam footage of a chase that ended in an arrest. According to MPD, a pursuit of a minibike began following a minor offense. The chase led officers through a rail yard, where Officer Jackowski caught the suspect on foot, tackling him and arresting him. The suspect is facing multiple charges.

The Colorado Springs Police Department has released the footage of the officer-involved-shooting in the early hours of June 9 that left one man with gunshot wounds and a charge of first degree assault. Just before 1 a.m., three CSPD officers with the downtown area response team were on foot patrol in front of a business located at 18 South Nevada Avenue. While on foot patrol, they heard a disturbance to their north. Officers proceeded to move toward the disturbance when they saw a woman fall to the ground after appearing to have been assaulted. Nearby business security cameras captured footage of the altercation that occurred between the suspect, identified as 21-year-old Al'Morion Germany, and the woman. Germany is seen pointing a gun at the woman before hitting her in the head with the weapon, but did not fire at her. At this time, Officer Benjamin Hengel, who has been with CSPD for five years, drew his taser and identified himself as a police officer. Hengel began to move closer to the disturbance when another man stepped in front of the officer and proceeded to chase Germany, who was fleeing. Security footage shows that the man suddenly stopped and put his hands up when Germany pointed a gun at him. Hengel began to move toward the man's left when he saw the weapon pointed at both himself and the man. At this point, he alerted the other officers by shouting "gun" and then ordered Germany to drop the weapon while drawing his department-issued handgun. Germany turned away and ran north along South Nevada Avenue, then turned onto Pikes Peak Avenue, running west toward a parking lot. Officers continued to pursue Germany while identifying themselves as police and ordered the suspect to drop the weapon. As Hengel turned on to Pikes Peak Avenue, he dropped his taser and fired three rounds at Germany, two of which hit him. Following the suspect being shot and hit twice, he continued to run across Pikes Peak Avenue before following officer commands to get on the ground. From there, Germany was taken into custody and arrested for first degree assault. Once the suspect was in custody, emergency medical aid was rendered until paramedics arrived. While receiving aid, the video shows Germany telling the officers repeatedly to "please don't let me die, bro," while officers reassured the suspect he would be okay. Germany was transported to a local hospital with serious, but non-life-threatening, injuries. Besides the suspect, one other community member suffered minor injuries during the incident. Officers recovered a loaded 10 mm Glock handgun from the area of where the suspect was shot.

Police are asking the public for help finding a man who they say dragged an officer with a car, injuring the officer. Colchester police are looking for Andrew Brace, 39, of St. Albans. They say he faces multiple potential charges, including aggravated assault and eluding police. The search stems from an incident Thursday morning. Colchester police were called to Conquest Circle at about 4:20 a.m. for a report of two people in a car who were unresponsive. Officers found the car had been reported stolen out of Burlington. Police say they managed to wake up one man in the car, who they later identified as Brace. But when they tried to take him into custody, they say he threw the car in reverse, dragging a Colchester officer about 50 feet. They say he then sped off. Police released body-camera video of officers trying to arrest Brace. The officer had injuries that were not life-threatening. The stolen car Brace was driving is a dark blue Genesis G809 with Colorado license plate D0UT58.

Henderson Police said they responded around 9 a.m. Thursday, June 20, to a report that a man pointed a gun at another person at a home in the 1800 block of Ward Drive, near Sunset Road and Boulder Highway. Officers found the man, later identified as 33-year-old Michael Fretheim, and got into a brief foot chase before he took out a gun and walked through the neighborhood, according to police. The video released Thursday shows an officer trying to talk Fretheim down while in the middle of the street. "Michael, do me a favor, just- let's talk, okay buddy?" the officer yells as he holds up a ballistic shield. "Do me a favor, Michael, can you stop walking for me, brother?" The video later cuts to showing Fretheim outside a house. "Michael, don't walk towards that house, buddy," the officer yells. "If he tries to grab that door, I'm gonna shoot him," a second officer says. "Michael, do not walk towards that house, my friend," the first officer yells again. "Tell him if he grabs that door, I'm shooting him," the second officer says. The two officers discuss if someone is inside the house, and the first officer returns to trying to negotiate with Fretheim to stop. A third video shows two officers positioned at a gate with rifles held up. "Do not let him get to this house," an officer says. A few seconds later, a gunshot can be heard. Police said Fretheim was hit by a single round but continued with the gun. He was eventually taken into custody without any further gunfire. The Henderson police officer who fired that shot was identified as Officer Tyler Travers. Fretheim was taken to a hospital, and police say his injuries were non-life-threatening. He was booked in absentia on suspicion of assault with a deadly weapon, resisting a public officer, prohibited person in possession of a firearm and obstructing a public officer. Court records indicate he was unable to attend an arraignment hearing on Tuesday. Bail was set at $21,000 with electronic monitoring, and arraignment was continued to Monday, July 1.

Footage from the body camera worn by Hays County Corrections Officer Isaiah Garcia was released to the public on Thursday. The video reveals the moment Garcia pulled the trigger on 36-year-old Isaiah Wright, who was a Hays County inmate. On December 12, 2022, Wright was receiving treatment for an unknown medical issue at Ascension Seton Hays Hospital in Kyle. In the bodycam footage from that night, you see Wright lunge towards Garcia, then run through the hallways of the hospital. Garcia chases Wright, running by patients, before getting shot by Garcia several times in the back; inches away from Wright at this moment, is a person on a gurney. Because of this, a Hays County grand jury indicted Garcia on a charge of deadly conduct, after reviewing the evidence in April 2023. "The indictment was due to the fact that Officer Garcia fired his gun in a crowded emergency room with at least one patient in close proximity," said Quentin Brogdon, a former prosecutor and practicing attorney in Texas. Last week, the Hays County District Attorney's Office announced they would be dismissing the indictment. "The prosecutor can make a decision based on any number of factors to decline to go forward," said Brogdon. In 2023, that same grand jury declined to return indictments against Garcia on charges of murder or manslaughter. The attorney for Joshua Wright's family, Jeff Edwards, said, that if the DA won't do it-- he will try to hold Officer Garcia liable for wrongful death in a civil case. "What we intend to show is that this is not merely about one or two shots, this is about firing at someone and then making a conscious decision to kill that person by shooting him in the back when they are defenseless," said Edwards. Brogdon is unaffiliated with the case but said in his expertise, this bodycam footage will be a key piece of evidence in a civil trial. "[The jury in the civil trial] will be able to see it literally, in living color, in the video, and they will be able to make their own determination as to whether or not the officers' use of force here was reasonable," said Brogdon. CBS Austin reached out to the Hays County Sherriff's Office for comment on the release of this video, and they declined. Edwards said the civil case will move forward in the upcoming months.

An investigation is underway after a stabbing suspect was shot and killed by an officer from the Metro Nashville Police Department early Thursday morning. Officers were called to the Bellevue West complex on Ridgelake Parkway at approximately 4:10 a.m. on Thursday, June 27. Metro police reported a 27-year-old man had been stabbed by his 25-year-old brother. The 25-year-old was then shot and killed by at least one officer during a confrontation. According to a Metro police spokesperson, the victim called 911 and said his brother had held a knife to his neck and then cut him before he ran from the apartment unit. In the 911 call released by the department, the victim said his brother was having a “manic episode,” adding that he “took away ether or something he’s, like, huffing.” Officers arrived and found the victim down a hill on the roadway before they started searching for his younger brother. The department spokesperson said the suspect rushed down the steps of the apartment complex from a breezeway and approached the officers. Two officers were armed with electric shock devices and another officer had his firearm ready as the 25-year-old came at them “very quickly with a knife in hand, a very large knife,” according to the spokesperson. One of the officers then fired his weapon and killed the younger brother, identified by authorities as Max Van Sickle. Metro police said officers gave Van Sickle warnings and waited until he was within just a few feet of them before they shot him. The older brother was reportedly taken to an area hospital with non-life-threatening wounds, but he has since been released and is speaking with investigators.

The Greenville County Sheriff’s Office released body cam footage of a deputy-involved shooting that left a K-9 deputy hurt. Officials said K-9 deputy Micky was stabbed by a suspect as deputies attempted to serve warrants near Wade Hampton Boulevard on May 13. Body cam video released by the sheriff’s office, which is standard protocol, the moments that took place during the incident. Graphic warning: You can watch the full video here. In the video, the sheriff’s office said an internal review found that the deputies were justified in their actions. K-9 Micky, who was stabbed multiple times, underwent emergency surgery and has been recovering since. According to the sheriff’s office, after the suspect, James Edgar Hopkins, stabbed the K-9, three deputies fired weapons at him. Hopkins was shot at least once and taken to the hospital. Officials said Hopkins had active warrants in Spartanburg County for distribution of methamphetamine first-degree, trafficking heroin/morphine and failure to appear in court.

New body cam footage was released after a shootout at an Ohio Kroger last month, and the county prosecutor said the officer’s actions were justified. Body camera footage shows police officers unloading dozens of rounds inside a Colerain Township Kroger. Hamilton County Prosecutor Melissa Powers said the officer’s actions were justified because the man they were firing at posed a deadly threat. “When everybody else’s instinct is to run for their lives, these officers ran in the direction of danger to save others,” Powers said. On May 29th around 4 p.m., body camera footage shows Officer Brian Huntington shoot fire, as 42-year-old Joseph Van Niman points a gun. Powers said just moments earlier, Van Niman ignored officers’ commands to stop after they watched him engage in a drug deal and walk across the Kroger parking lot. After Huntington shoots, Officer Jordan Meinking does too, according to more body camera footage. Both officers follow Van Niman as he runs into the store. Powers said Van Niman then took cover by the entrance and repeatedly stepped out to exchange gunfire with both officers. Customers just feet away were forced to duck for cover. Colerain Police Chief Edwin Cordie III firmly defended his officers, saying their actions were justified. “I think that any time a firearm is involved, especially when it’s pointed at an individual, that is a justifiable lethal encounter,” Cordie said. Powers said a third undercover officer, who’d entered a different way, fired at Van Niman from inside the store. When Van Niman tried to run farther into the store, officers fired their final rounds, one of them hitting Van Niman in the eye. “You can only imagine what this may have turned into, and we’re very fortunate for the result that we have today,” Powers said. One customer was injured during the shooting, likely by shrapnel from passing bullets. Van Niman is still in the hospital as he waits to face a judge on his 12-count indictment.

The body camera video was seen by an 8News reporter on April 10. At the time, Chesterfield Police said they were not going to release the video to the public. However, 8News was able to obtain the footage through court documents. On July 8, 2023, Chesterfield Police received a call from a neighbor saying Byers had tried breaking into several homes on the 900 block of Marblethorpe Road in North Chesterfield while holding a hatchet. Byers, who suffered from schizoaffective disorder, had just been released from HCA Chippenham Hospital in Richmond after being admitted for a mental health crisis. With weapons drawn, two officers asked Byers to put the hatchet down, but he did not comply. Byers then started walking backward in the middle of the road. After refusing commands from the officers to put the hatchet down, one of the officers fired their stun gun at Byers, but it was ineffective. After two more commands to Byers to put the weapon down, he is heard in the video saying “come and get it.” The other officer then fired shots at Byers, hitting him five times initially and two more times as he tried running away. Byers eventually dropped the hatchet, fell to the ground, and died at the scene. The department later said shooting Byers was warranted given several factors, including the safety of the public and the officers involved. Paul Curley, the Byers family’s attorney who has also seen the video, isn’t buying it. “They all failed Charles,” Curley said. “It’s a systemic failure. It’s that failure that the parents are very, very interested in addressing. More than anything else, the parents want some change that results in this not happening to someone else in the future.” Byers’ family has filed a $35 million lawsuit against HCA and the City of Richmond, alleging he was released from the hospital and later the Richmond City Justice Center unlawfully, having been placed under a temporary detention order.

Toledo police released bodycam video Wednesday of an incident in which an officer exchanged gunfire during a foot pursuit throughout multiple west Toledo streets on June 19. No one was injured and the suspect, later identified by Toledo police as Joshua Garner, 28, was taken into custody without incident, according to police. The officer involved in the incident was identified by police as 30-year-old Scott Histed who has been with the department since Nov. 2016. Toledo police responded to calls of an armed, shirtless man in the 2100 block of West Sylvania Avenue at about 2:15 p.m. Some callers said the suspect was "waving the gun and threatening to kill someone," according to TPD in a press release last week. The first officer to respond was working in a one-person unit and saw the suspect running southbound between houses on West Sylvania and eventually found the suspect in a backyard. The suspect did not obey verbal commands and fled toward Charleston Avenue with a gun in hand, according to the press release. The suspect then stopped in a driveway on Charleston Avenue, "held the gun to his head, and began to fully undress." Further de-escalation attempts from the officer were not successful and Garner again fled, running on Charleston Avenue toward Kershaw Avenue, according to police. The suspect continued to ignore the officer's commands, and the officer "then fired multiple rounds at the suspect," according to the press release. "As the suspect continued onto Kershaw, he fired multiple rounds back at the officer." Other officers began to arrive at the scene, and the suspect eventually threw his gun and was taken into custody on Georgetown Avenue. Garner was taken to the hospital as a precaution, and it was later found he had a felony warrant for domestic violence. He is also charged with a first-degree felony of felonious assault. Garner made his initial appearance in Toledo Municipal Court on June 20 where a judge set his total bond at $250,000 at no percent. A preliminary hearing has been set for June 27 at 9 a.m.

A woman who claims Fort Worth police officers assaulted her over the weekend says she has "bad injuries" and "bruises all everywhere." "This arm right here… I can barely move it," Carolyn Rodriguez told CBS News Texas. "The elbow was knocked out of the socket." The Fort Worth Police Department released bodycam video from Sunday's incident involving Rodriguez. Rodriguez, who had a visible black eye when she spoke to CBS News Texas crews Wednesday, claimed a police officer used excessive force while arresting her. Calling herself a "First Amendment auditor" and "cop watcher," Rodriguez has created her own YouTube channel to document actions by Fort Worth police. "My motivation is to keep the people that don't know their rights safe," Rodriguez said. She said she was driving around the West 7th area when she saw a group of officers in a parking lot around 3 a.m. Sunday and she started following and recording them for more than 20 minutes. "They had no police tape up. They had no lights and area," Rodriguez said. Fort Worth police say the officers were investigating a hit-and-run incident, where the suspect ran away from the scene. Police released a bodycam video Wednesday afternoon, which shows one of the officers asking Rodriguez to move multiple times. In response, she asks the officer, "Why?" After the officer tells her she is "under arrest," the video shows Rodriguez falling onto the ground. Rodriguez claims she was knocked unconscious. "I don't remember an officer hitting me, but I remember him tackling me, grabbing me from behind," Rodriguez said. "The next thing I know is I woke up in the hospital, chained to the bed, handcuffed to the bed." Police say Rodriguez was taken to the hospital and booked into jail on multiple charges, including "resisting arrest" and "interference of public duties." Rodriquez said such incidents have happened to her before in Fort Worth and other cities. "I've been arrested like this probably about five or six times," she said.

Huber Heights police have released dash cam footage involving a police chase with a minor. The incident occurred just before 2 a.m. on Saturday near Old Troy Pike and Bufort Blvd. Police reportedly observed a white Chevrolet Cruze driving without lights on, failing to maintain its lane and nearly striking a median. The driver was believed to be intoxicated. Numerous stops were attempted but failed. The driver traveled through a neighborhood at the south end of Old Troy Pike. Police attempted to box in the vehicle in a post-PIT, but the driver struck a marked cruiser head-on and continued to flee. Eventually, the driver drove onto a lawn and fled on food to an apartment complex. Officers located the suspect and found him to be a juvenile male. He was taken into custody and booked at the Montgomery County Juvenile Justice Center on felony fleeing, obstructing and assault with a motor vehicle. He faces several traffic charges.

Body and dash cam video from the Escambia County Sheriff's Office shows Monday's pursuit and PIT maneuver, as well as the suspects jumping over a bridge and deputies recovering K9 Streeter. It shows deputy's chasing a white suspect car involved in the drive-by shooting of a 70-year-old woman moments earlier on Erress Boulevard near Massachusetts Avenue. The video eventually leads to the Highway 90 bridge at Scenic Highway, where deputies use a PIT maneuver to stop the car and send it crashing into a guard rail. In the video, you can see all three masked suspects get out of the crashed car, with two immediately jumping over the left side of the bridge. The third suspect runs across the roadway to the right side of the bridge and jumps off that side as two deputies and K9 Streeter give chase. "He's sees that the suspect has jumped over this bridge -- and our K9 Streeter, this brave boy, jumps over that bridge as well and into that water probably 30–40 feet, easy," Sheriff Chip Simmons said Tuesday morning. "Then we have to end up having to fish K9 Streeter out." Video shows two deputies locate Streeter in the water beneath the bridge and bring him to safety. He suffered minor injuries in the fall, was treated overnight at the hospital and released. According to Sheriff Simmons, the suspect Streeter gave chase to has not been located. Deputies searched the water last night with no luck. As for the two suspects who immediately jumped over the left side, one was pulled from the water and arrested -- 19-year-old Jaquaris Ethridge -- while the other -- 22-year-old Trevion Moton -- died as he didn't reach the water on his jump. "Our deputies, our K9s, our law enforcement partners, they did one heckuva job last night," Sheriff Simmons said. "They knew they were in a stolen car. They knew that they had weapons. They didn't stop. They did everything they could to protect this community."

Las Vegas police have identified the man shot and killed after he allegedly pointed a gun at officers last week. Assistant Sheriff Yasenia Yatomi told reporters Tuesday that officers responded to several calls about a person with a rifle in the 200 block of N. 9th Street on Thursday. Recordings of 911 calls were played during the briefing. One person could be heard asking for police, saying he arrived at the apartment building and saw a man standing with a rifle at the door. "I just skipped every other step, praying I wasn't gonna get shot in the back," the caller said. Yatomi played surveillance video showing the man, later identified as 49-year-old Seth Wilson, standing by a windowed door carrying a rifle. He's wearing a red hat, which the 911 caller described as a "Make America Great" hat. Wilson holds up the rifle and points it at a person walking through the door, then points it toward the ceiling. Officers searched for Wilson, and a sergeant on scene called him by phone to negotiate for him to surrender. After several moments, Wilson said, "I'm done with this" and hung up, according to Yatomi. Minutes later, he came out of the apartment with the rifle, muzzle pointed toward the ceiling, Yatomi said. Officers told him to drop the rifle, and Wilson dropped the muzzle toward the two officers standing in the hallway. Officers Matthew Kravetz and Andrew Buckland opened fire with their rifles, hitting and killing him. Yatomi said Kravetz fired eight rounds and Buckland fired six, while Wilson did not fire his rifle. Body camera video played Tuesday showed the officers firing their rifles at Wilson after yelling, "Drop it!" repeatedly. Medical personnel pronounced Wilson dead at the scene. If Wilson survived, he would have faced charges of assault with a deadly weapon and resisting an officer with a deadly weapon. Las Vegas Justice Court records indicate Wilson had previously been arrested twice in September 2022, in one case for assault constituting domestic violence with a deadly weapon and another for discharging a gun where people might be in danger. Wilson reached agreements in both cases to plead no contest to lesser charges. He was ordered to stay out of trouble and attend gun safety classes and anger management counseling, according to court records.

Dash camera video shows the brief pursuit of a driver in a stolen Dodge Challenger in northwest Miami-Dade. It happened on June 17. According to Florida Highway Patrol, troopers began following the stolen car in the area of Northwest 103rd Street and Seventh Avenue after the car refused to pull over. Later, troopers said they executed a PIT maneuver on the car to get it to stop. Police said the pursuit lasted approximately five minutes and ended at the intersection of Northwest 79th Terrace and 21st Avenue. Authorities took two people, one of whom was identified as 21-year-old Kenneth Cristofer Barahona, into custody. One of the people taken away by authorities claimed they were “just catching a ride.” Officers said the vehicle was involved in several burglaries in Miami-Dade County. A stolen gun was found inside the car, police said. Barahona’s arrest report states he is facing one count of aggravated fleeing and attempting to elude police after an accident causing injury or damage.