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Oklahoma Highway Patrol officials released dash camera video of a crash on I-40 in Canadian County that sent three people, including a trooper, to a hospital last week. The video from the afternoon of Jan. 18 shows the trooper out of his vehicle talking to a driver pulled over on the side of the highway near Cimarron Road. The trooper was on the passenger's side of the vehicle away from oncoming traffic when a black SUV crashed into the back of the pulled-over vehicle. The collision caused the trooper to be thrown into a grassy area near the highway and significant damage to a white SUV. The video then shows the video calling in to dispatch that he and another vehicle had been hit. "About 1:55 p.m., that trooper radioed in that he had been in a unit collision," Trooper Preston Cox, with the Oklahoma Highway Patrol, said after the crash. "The trooper that made the traffic stop was speaking with the person there at the traffic stop, and then a third car came in and struck the person he had stopped." The trooper is expected to be OK, and everyone involved in the crash was treated and released. Oklahoma Highway Patrol troopers are looking into the cause of the crash, and the investigation is ongoing. "We show this video as a graphic reminder of the consequences of distracted or impaired driving and the importance of the slow-down, move over law," Oklahoma Highway Patrol officials said.

Port Orange police released bodycam video of the moment one of its officers shot a man who charged at them with a knife. The fatal officer-involved shooting happened just before 1 p.m. on Tuesday after an officer responded to a call of a suicidal man on the 5900 block of Jandon Court. Port Orange Police Chief Manny Marino said in a news conference that when his officers showed up at the house, the man charged at them with a knife. “The officer gave him several verbal commands to drop the weapon, which he refused to do,” said Chief Marino. “At which point the officer discharged his firearm, striking the individual.” The chief said there were two officers and one opened fire. The officer tried to render aid to the man, but ultimately, he would not survive. None of the officers were injured, police said. Residents who live near where the shooting happened said the man who was killed has always been a good neighbor. They were shocked to hear what happened. Neighbors told WFTV that the man who was shot had been going through a tough time since his mother died about three weeks ago. We’re told the officer who opened fire has been with POPD for about two years. He’s on paid administrative leave, as is standard in this type of situation.

Four people died early Thursday in a police chase that ended in a crash near Interstate 35 in Dallas, according to officials. The pursuit began about 2 a.m. when officers located a stolen vehicle in the 3200 block of North Beltline Road and attempted to stop the driver, Irving police said in a news release. Irving officers followed the vehicle, not knowing how many occupants were inside until the driver lost control near I-35 and Woodall Rodgers Freeway and crashed, police said. The car went over the side of the elevated exit ramp and crashed below, near the 429A Continental Avenue exit, police said. All four of the people inside the car died. Details, including what speeds the vehicles were traveling, were not immediately available. A portion of dash-camera footage released by Irving police showed a police car traveling at a high rate of speed on the exit ramp to catch up to the vehicle. About 10 seconds in officers’ pursuit on the ramp, the footage shows a burst of flames underneath the ramp. The police car pulls over on the shoulder and tells dispatchers the car went over the ramp. “Crash underneath, massive fire,” one officer tells dispatchers in the footage. One Dallas County sheriff’s deputy was injured when the vehicle officers were pursuing crashed into a light pole, causing it to fall, a sheriff’s office spokesperson said. The deputy, who was in the area in an attempt to deploy spike strips to stop the fleeing vehicle, hit the light pole then a concrete wall. He suffered a minor injury and has been released from the hospital.

0:00 - Intro 1:21 - Body cam 1 9:56 - Body cam 1 Shooting 11:38 - Body cam 2 15:21 - Body cam 2 Shooting 18:17 - Picture 18:25 - Dash cam 19:41 - Arrest team 23:21 - Outro ----- The Modesto Police Department made headlines on Friday afternoon with the release of a bodycam and dashcam video, showcasing a tense standoff that culminated in the shooting of an armed passenger during a routine traffic stop in west Modesto last month. The incident, which has sparked extensive discussions about police conduct and public safety, involved 41-year-old suspect Mark Coke Jr. and Modesto Police Officers Clayton Keener and Rafael Campos, both of whom have served the department for four years. The encounter began when Officer Keener initiated a traffic stop around 12:40 a.m. on February 13, citing a headlight and taillight out on the vehicle. The video reveals a calm exchange initially, with the driver complying by handing over her license. However, tension escalates when her passenger, later identified as Mark Coke Jr., provides a false name and birthdate, leading Keener to call for backup. The situation rapidly deteriorated after Coke, despite multiple warnings, brandished a firearm, prompting both officers to discharge their weapons. Despite being wounded, Coke's immediate danger to the officers was neutralized, and he was subsequently taken to the hospital, where he remains under treatment. The Modesto Police Department has announced that upon his release, Coke will face multiple charges, including attempted murder of a police officer and illegal possession of a firearm and ammunition. This incident has reignited discussions on the use of force and the challenges faced by law enforcement in high-pressure situations.

The Denver Police Department held a press conference Wednesday to discuss body-worn camera footage of four officers who shot and killed a 43-year-old man at a 7-Eleven on Federal Boulevard earlier this month. According to police, the suspect was Christopher Cauch, 43, who had a previous run-in with police earlier that day. Denver Police Department Major Crimes Unit Chief Matt Clark said Lakewood Police confirmed Cauch had carjacked a vehicle in Lakewood earlier in the day and sped into the 7-Eleven parking lot on Federal Boulevard that evening. That’s when the 911 calls started. Denver police were dispatched to the scene with multiple reports of either a stabbing or a robbery, or both. When officers arrived on the scene at about 7:50 p.m. on March 1, witnesses and customers were outside and told officers a man was holding an employee hostage with some kind of sharp object. Detectives recovered a hand tool with a 6-inch metal shaft and pronged end that Cauch had allegedly held tightly to an employee’s throat. Cauch allegedly dragged the employee into an office space, where another employee was already inside doing paperwork, according to DPD. Cauch allegedly then held both employees hostage, and officers who arrived on the scene began to hear an “escalating disturbance” from within the office. Clark explained that the office’s door was metal, as was the door frame, and took several tries to bust open. Once the door was open, officers saw Cauch holding the tool to an employee’s neck and threatening to stab the employee. Because of this, all four officers on scene opened fire. Clark said 36 rounds were fired in the space of five seconds, including rounds from a department-approved rifle. Cauch was taken to a hospital where he was pronounced dead, according to Denver police. The employee said they were in pain but nothing more than a minor injury overall. No other injuries were reported.

Video shows Los Angeles police shoot a man at close range after the man approached a group of officers while wielding an apparent hatchet. The shooting happened Thursday around 2 p.m. just outside a Super 8 motel, near the busy intersection of Laurel Canyon Boulevard and Saticoy Street in North Hollywood. Footage shows police communicating with the man from a distance for several minutes. The suspect walks across the street toward officers as he holds a hatchet in his hand. Police begin shooting less-than-lethal rounds at the man, who seemed unfazed by getting hit. As the man starts getting closer to an officer, he is shot multiple times and falls to the ground. LAPD Capt. Kelly Muniz told reporters at the scene that officers tried to subdue the suspect with "less-lethal" weapons, including bean bags, a Taser and 40 mm munitions. The man was transported to a hospital in critical condition after he was struck by gunfire. Muniz described the man's weapon as a "a long-handled hammer with a hatchet blade on the back." She said officers initially responded for a call of an assault with a deadly weapon after the man was reportedly causing damage inside a store nearby. There were several negotiation attempts before the shooting, LAPD said. Laurel Canyon Boulevard was shut down in both directions as a heavy police presence descended on the area. No other injuries were reported.

There's now the ability for 911 dispatchers to see what's happening on a scene by using the caller's cellphone camera. It's already being used to save lives and catch criminals in the act. Orange County just got online, but the Flagler County Sheriff's Office has been on board for a year now. "Hey, sheriff's deputy," a deputy said when approaching a burglary suspect. "Don't run. Hey, stop. Don't run," a deputy said in body cam footage. The burglar didn't stand a chance. While he was busy trying to break into a car with a screwdriver, deputies with the Flagler County Sheriff's Office were watching his every move. They knew exactly where to find him when he ran. "Come out right now. Let me see your hands, both hands," a deputy said in body cam footage. "Nine-one-one, what is your emergency?" a dispatcher said during a call. It was all compliments of a new-fangled technology that allows 911 dispatchers to tap into the callers' cell phone camera and livestream it. "It helps us to give out the information so fast. It's instant," Christina Mortimer, the director of communications, said. So how does this work? Well, the dispatcher sends a link to the caller. The caller opens up the link, and at that point, the dispatcher can see what's happening through the caller's camera in real time. Dispatchers can also send a link to the deputy's computer so everyone is in on the action — everyone except the suspect. "So at the end of this call, the citizen that called, she got excited. It was like we were all in this together," Mortimer said. "I'm sending you a link right now. You can click on it," a dispatcher said to a 911 caller. "Can you see now?" the 911 caller responded. "Yes, I can see it," the dispatcher responded. In this case, the citizen was a tenant in the complex. It's an unbelievable tool for law enforcement but a criminal's worst nightmare. "I see the deputy approaching," the 911 caller said. It's all being caught on tape; it can be used in court as evidence.

0:00 - Intro 0:41 - 911 call 3:56 - Intro #2 5:05 - Body cam 1 5:18 - Shooting 1 5:39 - Body cam 2 5:49 - Shooting 2 6:15 - Ending ----- On Jan. 17, Kelli Kaughman Whitten, 56, of Anderson, and Anissa Kelley Henderson, 55, of Greenville, were found dead in a home on Millbrooke Circle after a fire in the home. According to the coroner, both Whitten and Henderson were found with traumatic head and thermal injuries. After the women were found, a person of interest was identified and tracked down by a license plate reader at a home in Spartanburg County. According to Lt. Kevin Bobo with the Spartanburg County Sheriff's Office, after several attempts to call out the person of interest, he exited his home and pulled out a firearm, resulting in an officer-involved shooting. The person of interest was killed. On Friday, the coroner identified the person of interest as Gary Whitten, 36, of Greer. Coroner Mike Ellis, with the Greenville County Coroner's Office, said Whitten was the son of Kelli Kaughman Whitten, and he had a relationship with Henderson. According to Ellis, Whitten had recently been arrested and charged with criminal domestic violence after a complaint by Henderson. Lt. Ryan Flood, with the Greenville County Sheriff's Office, said Whitten had spent the night with her on Wednesday despite being prohibited from doing so through a condition of his bond set by a judge stemming from an arrest on Dec. 23, 2023. According to Sheriff Hobart Lewis with the GCSO, the shooting where eight deputies fired their weapons was ruled justified in the conclusion of a separate and internal investigation by the Office of Professional Standards.

A car fleeing police collided with another car, struck a pedestrian and a building that collapsed onto the cars, video shows. The Maryland Attorney General's Office's Independent Investigations Division on Thursday released video from police body-worn and CitiWatch cameras that show what led to the Feb. 8 crash in east Baltimore. Investigators said police tried to stop a stolen car in the area of the 1800 block of East North Avenue. The car fled and struck another car at the intersection of North Wolfe Street and East Nort Avenue. That impact led the vehicles to hit a pedestrian, Alfred Fincher, 54, of Baltimore, before crashing into a vacant row home that collapsed. Fincher died at the scene, and the driver of the stolen car was taken into custody. The Independent Investigations Division continues to investigate the circumstances of the fatal crash.

It was an accident, according to police, as the 76-year-old man who lived inside a home on the 700 block of 7th Street didn’t have electricity or water and had been using 20-pound propane tanks to heat his home when something ignited the gas. When Ann Arbor police arrived at the explosion, their body cameras were running, and you could feel the adrenaline as they rushed to get people away from the fire and to figure out whether anyone else was hurt. The video shows the homeowner walking away from the explosion. He has a bad concussion but managed to escape being hit by flying debris. There’s nothing left of the home. A community effort has sprung up on GoFundMe and has already surpassed the amount they were looking to raise. It will go toward helping him find a new place to live, as well as medical expenses.

A Volusia County man is accused of “mercilessly beating” his dog outside of a gas station on Thursday. Volusia County Sheriff Mike Chitwood said 31-year-old Jose Rivera is his department’s “Scumbag of the Week.” Chitwood said Rivera was seen by witnesses beating his dog outside of a gas station in Deltona. When Rivera was confronted, he also attacked the witnesses, deputies said. Rivera was eventually subdued and arrested. Deputies said he is charged with felony animal cruelty, resisting an officer, child abuse, and three counts of battery. Chitwood said the dog was doing fine and was turned over to Deltona Animal Control. Rivera is in the Volusia County Jail with a $26,000 bond.

Hernandez was dispatched to the intersection of Valley Drive and Road for a trespassing call. In the video, you can see Officer Hernandez walking up to Armando Silva, who is standing underneath a shed on the property. While Hernandez walks up to him, Hernandez says “How is it going boss?” Hernandez then asks Silva, “Have you been staying here for a while?” Silva then says, “This is my place.” Hernandez then says, “This is your place?” “So you're the one who called?” During the conversation, Silva pulled out a knife and approached Hernandez. As Hernandez turned to avoid Silva, he tripped. Silva then jumped on top of Hernandez and stabbed him several times. About 15 seconds later a witness, who police identified as Issiah Astorga intervened. Silva then advances towards Astorga. Astorga fired four rounds at Silva and told him to drop his weapon. Astorga then ran over to help Hernandez. “Stay with us, man. You're gonna be okay. I got you,” Astorga said.

Police have released video footage and 911 audio to give the public a closer look at the moments before a deadly officer-involved shooting outside of a Wells Fargo bank in Fullerton last month. On March 26, officers responded to a bank robbery near Bastanchury Road and Harbor Boulevard. A bank employee called 911 saying a man, later identified as 57-year-old Scott Thompson, was sitting at a banker's desk holding a bomb in a white box and demanding money. In the 911 call, the employee said, "He wants $58,000, and we have three minutes to give it to him." The person added, "He said if he sees anything, he's going to detonate the bomb so if they could not come because he can see out the window on Bastanchury Road." Sgt. Ryan O'Neil, public information officer for Fullerton Police said, "About 10 minutes into the incident the employee told the officer the bank personnel would be placing $58,000 in a box with DPS written on it and Mr. Thompson would be walking out of the bank shortly after." "Mr. Thompson exited the bank holding a white box and began walking away from the bank doors. Officers immediately gave him commands to put his hands up and to stop," he said. Body camera footage from one of the officers showed police yelling commands at Thompson, which he failed to obey. "Fearing Mr. Thompson may be re-entering the bank with an explosive device and as he neared the bank doors, an officer-involved shooting occurred," Sgt. O'Neil said. Thompson died at the scene. Seven employees and one customer made it out of the bank unharmed. The bomb squad inspected the device and determined it was not a threat. Sgt. O'Neil said, "He had an extensive criminal history and was on federal probation for armed bank robbery at the time of this incident. Furthermore, he had prior federal convictions for armed bank robbery and escape. And, a state conviction for robbery."

The Blount County Sheriff’s Office released Friday the body camera footage in the death of Deputy Greg McCowan and injuring of Deputy Shelby Eggers. Deputies McCowan and Eggers conducted a traffic stop on Kenneth DeHart on Feb. 8, BCSO officials said. During that stop, things escalated and Kenneth DeHart fired shots at the two deputies, killing McCowan and hitting Eggers multiple times in the leg. Previous Coverage: ‘A hero both in life and death’ | Who was fallen Blount County Deputy Greg McCowan? The subject of a Tennessee Bureau of Investigation Blue Alert, Kenneth DeHart was one of Tennessee’s most-sought suspects during an almost five-day manhunt. He was eventually taken into custody on Tuesday, Feb. 13 at a Knoxville home and charged with first-degree murder, attempted first-degree murder and being a felon in possession of a firearm. Previous Coverage: Kenneth DeHart, suspect in Blount County deputy shooting, makes first court appearance since arrest Several others were also charged in the case for giving aid to Kenneth DeHart, according to police. Kenneth DeHart’s brother, Marcus DeHart, girlfriend Carrie Matthews and a man identified as Maurice Warren have all been charged with accessory after the fact. Previous Coverage: Man charged for helping Blount County deputy shooting suspect while on the run The video itself is made up of body camera footage and dashcam footage from both deputies that shows DeHart’s driving before the stop, the stop itself and the minutes after the shooting. The video begins from Egger’s perspective, showing the moments leading to the traffic stop. DeHart can be seen driving ahead of Eggers and crossing into the opposing lane of traffic. During the stop, Eggers speaks to DeHart for several minutes before the confrontation happens. When asked, DeHart tells Eggers he was driving erratically because he was putting his hair up. According to the sheriff’s office, Eggers smelled marijuana in the car as she spoke to DeHart, which prompted her to ask him to step out of the car. DeHart is shown in the video refusing to get out of the car and refusing to allow Eggers to search the car. Instead, DeHart asks Eggers to call in a K-9 to do a scent test on the car rather than searching it. After a back-and-forth between Eggers and DeHart, the video shows McCowan arriving on the scene. Once McCowan arrives on the scene, he again asks DeHart to step out of the car. After DeHart refuses again, the two deputies are shown trying to drag DeHart out of the car, then using a stun device on him. DeHart can be heard during the exchange asking the two to stop multiple times before he fires on both deputies. DeHart is shown firing at least six times. Five of those shots ring while he is in the car and the deputies are at the driver’s side window. DeHart is then shown firing a final shot at McCowan before driving off, saying “I told you [explative].” After being fired on, Eggers’ point of view shows her returning three rounds of fire, then applying a tourniquet to herself and radioing for help. As she is doing this, two bystanders walk into view and try to help Eggers and McCowan. After a short time, backup arrives on the scene and places Eggers into a cruiser, then the cruiser drives away. McCowan’s point of view begins when he arrives on the scene. He is shown asking DeHart to step out of the car before the two try to remove him from the car. When that does not work, McCowan uses the stun device on DeHart. Seconds later, DeHart fires on McCowan, and his video feed ends.

0:00 - Body cam 1 1:36 - Body cam 2 4:05 - Body cam 3 6:07 - Body cam 4 7:51 - Body cam 5 8:55 - Body cam 6 10:39 - Body cam 7 12:27 - Body cam 8 ----- Newly released body camera footage captures the tense scene that unfolded when police chased down the suspect in a Johnston double murder. Cranston police officers fatally shot James Harrison, 52, during a standoff near the Cranston-Johnston line on May 24. In one video, the officer wearing the body camera points his gun at Harrison's damaged vehicle, shouting at him not to move. Harrison appears to exit the SUV, and when the officer yells to show his hands, Harrison points what appears to be a gun at the officer wearing the camera. Almost instantly, dozens of shots ring out. -- Johnston triple shooting left 2 dead, teenager injured -- According to Johnston police, Harrison went on a killing spree after he was caught peering into his 15-year-old neighbor's window. He is suspected of murdering his mother, 83-year-old Janet Harrison, and his next door neighbor, 44-year-old Thomas "TJ" May, who had reported him to the police. Harrison also shot and wounded the 15-year-old girl, whose injuries were not life-threatening, according to police. He then fled, leading officers on a chase down Plainfield Pike before crashing into a large rock. The videos, released by Cranston police on Tuesday, show officers speeding to the scene of the crash, at times reaching 60 mph, then crouching behind cars and a utility box while training their guns on Harrison, who is standing behind his damaged vehicle. After Harrison collapses in a barrage of gunfire, officers rush forward to place him in handcuffs and check to see if he has a pulse. The shooting is currently being investigated by the state police, as is standard practice for police incidents that involve the use of deadly force.

Police released dashcam footage from a pursuit that ended with a deadly crash in Warren. The crash happened around noon on Tuesday, Dec. 26, 2023, near the intersection of 10 Mile and Ryan roads. Police said the driver of a red car fled a traffic stop after officers asked for identification. Footage shows officers pursuing the driver over lawns and through the city until the crash. The driver sped through a red light and crashed into an F-150 and a Penske truck. The driver was the only person in the vehicle. They were pronounced dead at the scene. No other injuries were reported. Police said Warren fire personnel found a gun on the driver’s floorboard. The investigation is ongoing.

The Lorain Police Department held a news conference Wednesday afternoon to provide an update and show body camera footage captured last month when a man was fatally shot by an officer after stabbing a police K-9. The shooting happened July 30 in the 1200 block of West 20th Street around 5:20 p.m. Police originally went to the home to serve a felonious assault warrant on 48-year-old Charles Ronald White. Authorities said White wouldn't leave the residence, so officers yelled for him to come out and surrender. Officers on scene called out more than a dozen times before entering the home, police said. The K-9, Rye, searched the house and located the man in the basement of the home. Video of the incident shows the K-9 handler, officer Kyle Shawver, head downstairs after hearing the dog and White in a fight. Shawver's body camera captured footage of White attacking the dog with a knife. Shawver can be seen kicking at the weapon to disarm the man before "hopping" backwards to avoid being cut himself. The officer opened fire, striking White five times. White was pronounced dead at the scene, authorities said. According to police, Shawver discharged his firearm after White tried to cut him on the leg near his femoral artery. “He attempted to stab Officer Shawver near or above the femoral artery in the leg, and that’s when Officer Shawver jumped back in defense of himself and discharged his weapon. It’s not because of the K-9,” said Chief Jim McCann, Lorain Police Dept. The K-9 was taken to an animal hospital for treatment of four stab wounds to his face and mouth. The dog is currently in recovery, but police said they aren't sure if he will return to work. Shawver is currently on administrative leave, per department policy. The Elyria Police Department is handling the shooting investigation at LPD's request.

Brandon Leohner, a 27-year-old resident of 20 Bunker Lane in Palm Coast, was arrested Tuesday on charges of kidnapping after taking the toddler he has in common with his girlfriend and driving off against his girlfriend’s wish. He drove recklessly through Palm Coast, with the child unsecured on his lap, and was arrested after a violent encounter with deputies and a police dog at McDonald’s on State Road 100. The couple had argued, but the confrontation did not turn physical except to the extent that Leohner was handling the child. The couple had just ordered pizza, and when a neighbor walked in, Leohner became paranoid, according to his girlfriend’s account to law enforcement, and accused her of setting him up. It’s not clear why from the Sheriff’s Office’s heavily redacted incident report. But the report’s narative clearly suggests Leohner may have paranoid episodes. Before he drove off, he walked around his Nissan, opened all the doors, walked around it as if he were suspicious of something, looked over his shoulder, and finally sat at the Nissan’s wheel with the baby. The baby started to scream. “Give me my baby! Give me my baby!,” his girlfriend yelled. Leohner shut the car door and drove off, or sped off, leaving his girlfriend in hysterics over her baby’s fate. A Flagler County sheriff’s deputy quickly spotted the vehicle speeding down Belle Terre Parkway at around 80 miles per hour, running red lights, causing numerous vehicles to swerve to avoid a collision–all with the baby in Leohner’s lap. The incident report states neither father nor child wore seat belts: any sudden stop could have severely injured the child. Stuck in slow traffic, Leohner then made a U-turn through the median at Easthampton Boulevard, across from the Publix shopping center at the south end of Belle Terre Parkway, again causing several other vehicles to swerve to avoid collisions. Leohner sped north, then again made a U-turn at the emergency turn-off for Fire Station 25, his driving reflecting the same paranoia he’d displayed in his home’s driveway in the B-Section. A sheriff’s deputy in an unmarked vehicle observed the turns. The deputy had not turned on emergency lights until seeing the Nissan travel at 65 miles per hour back south near Easthampton. That deputy pursued Leohner as he sped down to State Road 100, where he evaded stop sticks, then drove into the Target shopping center and the McDonald’s parking lot. Leohner “immediately exited the vehicle while holding [the baby] in his arms,” the incident report states, as if “utilizing him as a shield,” according to the deputy’s account. Body cam video footage recorded the encounter. Two deputies approached Leohner from opposite directions as he held the baby, one with his Taser drawn, the other with a police dog, Keanu, on a short leash. “Show me your fucking hands, dude. Put the baby down! Put the kid down! Put the kid down!,” the deputy pointing the Taser yelled before firing the Taser moments later even as Leohner had the baby in his arms. Leohner fell forward onto the pavement. Leohner was aware enough to brace his fall with his hand, which likely prevented serious injury to the baby, who started screaming and was almost immediately picked up by one of the deputies, who tried to comfort him. “Dada, dada,” the baby is heard saying on the video. The deputy who fired the Taser explained in the incident report that he did so as a result of Leohner fleeing recklessly and showing no regard for other human life as he did so, and for not putting down the child after being told six times to do so. (One Taser prong landed on his abdomen, the other on a leg.) Leohner’s girlfriend had told law enforcement that he had a gun in the vehicle, kept in the center console. Leohner threw out the gun into a swale on State Road 100 by Target as he drove. At McDonald’s, he was holding the baby with his arms and gesturing as he weaved against a wall of the restaurant, cornered. Keanu immediately attacked him after the baby was removed and is seen biting his leg in a video frame, as the baby cries, points to his father and calls out repeatedly, “dada, dada.” Leohner, barefoot and showing signs of bites and Taser prongs to his legs, is heard yelling out “why” a few times as he is told to stop resisting and several deputies are securing him or warning him that he will get Tased again if he does not comply. According to the deputy’s account, Leohner “continued to resist and attempt to evade arrest by crawling under a citizen’s vehicle,” then “crawled out from under the truck near the rear passenger seat and stood to his feet and continued to resist by pushing deputies away in the McDonald’s parking lot.” Some of the deputy’s descriptions is visible in the video footage, as is Leohner, with his arms up, appearing to elude deputies. One of the deputies chasing him was the handler of Keanu, who was still nipping at Leohner. Leohner wouldn’t be the first person terrified by an attacking German Shepherd: the dog continued to attack him until he fell with one of the deputies grounding him, and deputies swarmed on him. The body cam footage shows him on his stomach, with five deputies on him and yelling for him to put his hands behind his back. His legs and feet were feet bare as he seemed to struggle, though immobilized by the deputies. Just then the dog handler allowed the dog to attack his leg again and bite down violently enough to draw blood as another deputy briefly held both his ankles. The dog bit down fully for 16 seconds as Leohner screamed in agony, before his handler stopped him. Leohner’s girlfriend did not want kidnapping or other charges pressed, which may make parts of the case more difficult to prosecute. He was charged with kidnapping, child neglect without great bodily harm, fleeing and eluding police, all felonies, as well as reckless driving and resisting an officer with violence. A sheriff’s office-issued release stated he was also charged with “using a child as a shield,” but there is no such offense under Florida law. Holding a child “for ransom or reward or as a shield or hostage” is a definition of the kidnapping charge when a child under 13 is involved. It is a first-degree felony. Leohner had not yet been booked at the county jail by Wednesday evening, having been admitted at AdventHealth Palm Coast because of the injuries he sustained during his encounter with deputies. At the hospital, he told deputies where he threw his gun, a Glock, which deputies retrieved.

0:00 - Body cam 1 1:33 - Body cam 2 5:09 - Body cam 3 ----- Body-camera footage shows Megan Joyce Mohn screaming for help and begging officers not to kill her during an officer-involved critical incident that resulted in her death. The 40-year-old woman became unresponsive while being restrained by Salt Lake City police during the Jan. 11 incident. She was transported to Salt Lake Regional Medical Center, where she died Jan. 30. The Salt Lake City Police Department on Thursday released body-camera video from three of the four officers who responded to the early morning incident near Marathon Petroleum, 474 W. 900 North. A security guard at the Salt Lake City refinery said Mohn attempted to get into a secure area, according to police. The woman later was seen “waking in circles” and carrying a piece of rebar in the intersection of 900 North and 400 West, police said. The exact time officers first made contact with Mohn is unknown because the first officer to arrive did not have an active body camera, according to a news release from the Salt Lake City Police Department. Body-camera footage shows the second officer responding at 3:36 a.m. Mohn is restrained and kneeling in a grassy area near the intersection when the officer arrives. She is heard screaming for help while an officer threatens her with jail time if she doesn’t provide her name. After asking officers to use their cellphone to call police, the woman screams, “Help! They’re going to kill me! Help me!” After being instructed by police to “sit down,” the woman begs, “Please don’t shoot. … Don’t kill me. I don’t want to die.” The woman also asked police for water but was told she needed to provide her name to receive any water, according to the body-cam footage. Officers then cut off the woman’s backpack, leading to a struggle during which the woman flails her legs and an officer orders her to “stop kicking.” After one officer rolls the woman onto her stomach, the woman again flails her legs while an officer attempts to restrain them. The woman continues to cry for help while being held down by the two male officers — one kneeling and then sitting on the woman’s back while holding her head to the ground, and the other restraining her legs, body-cam footage shows. An officer continued to kneel on the woman’s back while leg shackles and handcuffs are applied. The woman stopped speaking and moving while the leg shackles were applied. Moments later, an officer says, “See if you can get her into a recovery position.” All three videos stopped when officers began rendering first aid. Police said Mohn was breathing but unresponsive when she was transported by ambulance to Salt Lake Regional Medical Center. She was moved on Jan. 28 to the hospital’s intensive care unit and died Jan. 30, according to police. “The Salt Lake City Police Department expresses its condolences to Ms. Mohn’s family,” Salt Lake City Police Chief Mike Brown said in a news release. “Ensuring we have a comprehensive investigation into this matter is critical.” A statement of events from Salt Lake City police says “a struggle occurred” between the woman and officers, “which resulted in officers using arrest control techniques.” “While being restrained, officers placed Ms. Mohn on her stomach. Officers gave Ms. Mohn multiple commands to stop resisting. Both handcuffs and ankle restraints were used by SLCPD officers. Ms. Mohn became unresponsive. Officers, as depicted on body-worn camera video, started performing medical assistance,” according to the police statement. On July 28, the Utah Office of the Medical Examiner determined Mohn’s death to be a homicide. Salt Lake City police activated its officer-involved critical incident protocol on July 29. An outside agency is conducting an investigation into the Salt Lake City Police Department’s handling of the case, as is the department’s Internal Affairs Unit, the release states. “Our officers work tirelessly every day to live up to the expectations of our community and to fulfill their duties as police officers and public servants,” Brown said. “I know they are committed to their jobs and have a strong dedication to our community.” Mohn had methamphetamine, spice and alcohol with her at the time of the incident, police said. The medical examiner determined Mohn’s death was caused by anoxic brain injury from cardiac arrest due to “probable methamphetamine intoxication in the setting of an altercation involving physical restraint,” according to a police statement.

Chandler Police officials say they are investigating an officer-involved shooting that happened on the western edge of the city on the night of Nov. 17. The incident reportedly happened at a shopping center in the area of 54th Street and Ray Road, just across Interstate 10 from the Ahwatukee area of Phoenix. Stores at the shopping center were closed as a result of the incident. According to Chandler Police Detective Eva Zermeno, the incident began at around 6:00 p.m., when officers responded to the area for what was initially reported as a welfare check on a person at a parking lot. When officers arrived at the scene, the subject was seen with a gun inside her vehicle, and Det. Zermeno said the subject did not comply with the officer's command regarding the weapon. "She was given commands not to touch the weapon, but she did not comply with those commands. The suspect grabbed the weapon and made a threatening move with it toward the officer. The officer fired two shots at the suspect, which struck her in the upper chest," stated Sgt. Emma Huenneke. The suspect was identified as 35-year-old Renata Eldred. She was taken into custody and medical aid was provided. The officer was not injured. Officials said there is no further threat to members of the public. "It can be a very chaotic situation, however, our officers are well-trained for these specific situations," said Zermeno. "We set up a perimeter and determine where the incident occurred and secure it to make sure we preserve all the evidence - and we move forward from there." "After being treated and released from the hospital, she was booked into Maricopa County Jail on charges of Disorderly Conduct and Aggravated Assault," said Huenneke.

Graphic body cam footage has been released of a violent encounter between Stockton police officers and a man authorities said tried to stab and kill the mother of his child. The incident happened on February 3, 2024, along the 1500 block of East Eleventh Street. Officers had responded to the area after receiving a report from a caller who said her parents were arguing, and her father was going to stab her mother. The extremely graphic video, released by the Stockton Police Department on Tuesday, is unblurred and shows an officer intervening at the front door of the couple's residence. The mother is bloodied and on the floor, attempting to exit the front door before she is attacked by the father. The father, who was still armed with a knife, did not comply with the officer's commands and attempted to stab the woman again. This is when police said one of the officers fired their weapon, wounding the suspect and saving the victim as she was crawling out the front door. Five children were home at the time and were uninjured. The mother was taken to the hospital with multiple stab wounds. She has since been released from the hospital. Officers rendered medical aid to the suspect, a 37-year-old man, and also took him to the hospital with at least one gunshot wound. No officers were injured in the incident. A knife was recovered at the scene.

Deputies shot and killed a 15-year-old at an Apple Valley home Saturday after he allegedly attacked them with a bladed gardening tool, according to the San Bernardino County Sheriff's Department. The incident unfolded Saturday just before 5 p.m. when deputies were called to a home in the 13400 block of Iroquois Road. Family members reported a 15-year-old was attacking family members and damaging property at the home. When the first deputy showed up, the department says the 15-year-old, later identified as Ryan Gainer, tried to attack him with a 5-foot-long gardening tool with a sharp blade at the end. The deputy tried to get away, but the department says the teen chased after him, intending to attack him with the blade. The deputy opened fire and Gainer was struck. He was later brought to a local hospital and pronounced dead there. The department's Specialized Investigations Division is investigating the incident. The department released a short segment of body camera video showing the deputy arrive to the front door of the home. The teen is seen wielding a long tool in his hand, rushing out the front door toward the deputy. With his gun drawn, the deputy backs up away from the doorway as the teen approaches. The deputy shouts, "Hey, get back! Get back or you're gonna get shot." He is first walking back and then running away as the teen runs after him. It appears the deputy lifts his arm to shoot as he is running backwards, with the teen just a few feet away, and then the released portion of the video ends.

0:00 - Intro 0:46 - Radio broadcast 1:49 - Chase intro 3:20 - Dash cam 8:18 - Body cam 11:35 - Surveillance video 12:40 - Outro ----- A suspected car thief was hospitalized after leading Los Angeles police officers on a high-speed chase that ended with gunfire Friday. The pursuit began at about 12:15 p.m. in the Pico-Union neighborhood near Washington Boulevard and Vermont Avenue when officers reported seeing a stolen pickup, according to LAPD. During the chase, the pickup driver wove between cars, making contact with some of them. About twenty minutes later, the suspect crashed into a parked van in the 1200 block of Paloma Street in downtown L.A.’s Garment District, jumped out of the truck and fled on foot with officers close behind. Witness Eric Gurrola told KTLA’s Rachel Menitoff that the suspect was carrying a large gun as he ran into an alley. “As soon as he disappeared into the alley, I heard [what sounded like] fireworks popping off,” Gurrola said. “Once I heard the popping, I just avoided the whole situation. This area is kind of bad so you see a lot of crazy stuff, but to see it in front of you and the cops actually chasing him, that’s what made it a little bit more crazy.” Dozens of officers converged on the scene and, minutes later, paramedics wheeled the suspect out of a warehouse on a gurney. He was transported to a local hospital in unknown condition. LAPD would only confirm that the suspect — believed to be around 30 years old — was shot by officers. No officers were injured, a police spokesperson said.

The North Las Vegas Police Department released body camera video capturing the moments officers opened fire on a suspect involved in a triple-homicide. An officer-involved shooting last week led officers to locate three women and a dog dead. The suspect was identified as 43-year-old Edward Brooks. The Clark County Coroner's Office identified the three women as 52-year-old Africa Woods, 48-year-old Venus Hart, and 42-year-old Tiffany Mawhorter. Police said Brooks was living in one of the apartments, but was not in a relationship with any of the women who died. Body camera footage from one of the officer's angles shows him approaching Brooks before firing at him. North Las Vegas Police said they arrived at a complex near Carey and Las Vegas Boulevard just after 3 Tuesday afternoon after someone called 9-1-1 after hearing gunshots. Police also released those 9-1-1 calls Monday from a resident at the complex who called after fleeing from the scene. As officers approached the courtyard, they said they saw a man with a firearm walking towards them. That man was identified as Brooks. That's when police said they told Brooks to drop the gun, and he continued to come towards them. Police said two officers fired at Brooks, who died from his injuries. Police started searching the apartments and found three women and a dog dead in two separate apartments. A young child was also found safe in one of the apartments. Brooks' extensive criminal history provided by NLVPD is below: Brooks' criminal history is extensive and goes back to 1996. North Las Vegas Police said it included charges of robbery, murder, and rape. According to police, Brooks had multiple parole violations throughout the years. Had Brooks not died from the officer-involved shooting, police said his charges would have included three counts of open murder, ex-felon in possession of a firearm, and burglary with a deadly weapon.

Newly released body camera footage shows the moments a D.C. police officer fatally shot a man who police said minutes earlier had attacked a paramedic and then escaped the ambulance taking him to a hospital. During a Wednesday evening news conference, Executive Assistant Chief of Police Jeff Carroll said 41-year-old Clifford Brooks, of Northeast D.C., charged at the officer with a “metal object” before the officer fired six shots. Age-restricted video of the shooting, which happened onJan. 24 near the intersection of North Capitol Street and New York Avenue, is below: “Any death is tragic, especially in a circumstance like this, when the officer spent so much time trying to work with the individual and get them the help that he needed,” Carroll said. “It’s a very difficult situation, and obviously the goal is always to try to de-escalate and to safely get that person the help that they need.” Carroll said the incident started around 6:40 a.m. on Jan. 24 in the 2500 block of Benning Road Northeast, where police encountered Brooks “in crisis.” Officers de-escalated the situation and Brooks got into an ambulance. On the way to the hospital, around 9:23 a.m., Carroll said Brooks became combative and attacked a paramedic that was riding in the back of the ambulance, pinning the paramedic to a wall. The paramedic was able to slip out the side door of the ambulance, and Carroll said Brooks followed outside into the 1300 block of North Capitol Street Northeast. That’s when officers who were following the ambulance got out of their squad cars to assist. “While outside of the ambulance, the individual pushed one of the officers several times in an attempt to resist from being placed back into the ambulance,” Carroll said. “The officer attempted to stop the assaulting behavior by deploying OC spray and giving verbal commands.” Carroll said the pepper spray “did not take effect,” and Brooks ran from the officers, crawling under a truck that was stopped in traffic and emerging with a “metal object” clutched in his hand. “The involved officer and the witness officer gave multiple commands to the individual to drop it. The individual refused, and ran toward the involved officer with the object raised,” Carroll said. That’s when the officer fired six shots, striking Brooks, who fell to the ground and dropped the object, Carroll said. Brooks was pronounced dead on the scene, and the metal object was recovered from the scene. Carroll said the object appears to be some sort of metal gauge or tire gauge. “I think it’s a very tragic situation. An individual who’s obviously in a mental health crisis, it’s tragic for him, it’s tragic for his family, it’s tragic for the community, the officers that are involved,” Carroll said. “It’s a terrible outcome overall and I think it’s a tragedy for everyone involved.”