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0:00 - First body cam 18:29 - Arrest body cam ----- Rhode Island state Sen. Joshua Miller (D-Cranston, Providence), was arrested Thursday after Cranston police said he vandalized a man's SUV with a "Biden Sucks" bumper sticker. Miller was charged with vandalism/malicious injury to property after police said he keyed the other man's SUV around 3:30 p.m. in the Garden City Center parking lot. The SUV's owner and passenger told police they were walking back to their car when they heard a scratching noise and saw Miller with a key in his hand. Police said the SUV owner noticed a long scratch on the vehicle's door, so the man asked Miller if he had keyed his car. Miller denied it and walked away, according to police. About two hours after the SUV owner filed a police report, officers found Miller and questioned him about the incident. According to police, Miller denied damaging the vehicle and said the man threatened him verbally. According to police, Miller also told the officer who stopped him that he had recently been stalked and threatened by "gun nuts." Police said Miller believed the SUV driver may have recognized hi as a state senator and threatened him for that reason. Miller told the officers to call Police Chief Michael Winquist. Winquist was aware of the threats and was patrolling near Miller's home but said the state senator never reported any threats. Later on, police reviewed Garden City Center security video and said Miller was seen next to the damaged vehicle. Police said they confronted Miller with the new evidence, and he admitted to keying the SUV. Miller said he damaged the SUV because the owner "yelled at him" and "dared him" to do it, according to police. Miller was arraigned by a justice of the peace and was released on $1,000 personal recognizance. He is scheduled to be at Third District Court in Warwick for a re-arraignment on July 18. "Nobody is above the law, including those who make and enforce the laws," Winquist said. "The officers who handled this investigation did so with fairness, integrity, and without preferential treatment. I would expect no less from the fine men and women of the Cranston Police Department."

The shooting happened on Jan. 5 at a car dealership near 87th Avenue and Bell Road in Peoria. Detectives from the Phoenix police Fugitive Apprehension and Investigations Detail were arresting 30-year-old Junior Reyes, who was wanted on a felony warrant, being a prohibited possessor and assaulting the police. According to police, the suspect pulled out a semi-automatic handgun and exchanged gunfire with the officers. Three detectives fired their guns, while one used a less lethal foam projectile launcher. Body-cam footage from a detective, who used a 37mm less lethal “launcher” that shoots foam balls, shows the detective running to Reyes, saying, “Hands up!” Reyes then pulls out a gun and starts shooting at the detective, police said. The detective then runs away into a nearby building. He was shot and was taken to the hospital but was released later that day. Additional body-cam video from three detectives who fired their guns shows what happened during the shooting. Each detective approached Reyes from a different angle. One of the detectives gets out of his vehicle, “Hey, Reyes, it’s Phoenix police, hands up!” he says as he points a gun at Reyes. Multiple gunshots are heard as he is running. Reyes is seen running toward the officers, pointing a gun at them and firing. Another angle shows an officer running up to Reyes from behind a building and shooting him before falling to the ground. “I’m good, I’m good,” he says as he gets up. The officers fire their handguns until Reyes is shot and falls to the ground. “Suspect’s down,” one of the officers says as he approaches Reyes and handcuffs him. Reyes was taken to a hospital, where he died. Police say they recovered the handgun used by Reyes at the scene.

Dramatic new body worn camera footage shows the moment a Doral Police officer traded gunfire with a suspect who ended up dead during a daytime shootout over two years ago. The footage shows the deadly Oct. 22, 2021 encounter that left 25-year-old suspect Yordany Rodriguez Perez dead and two officers hospitalized. Officials said the incident began with a dispute between Rodriguez Perez and another man that led to Rodriguez Perez chasing and shooting at the other man. When officers responded, Rodriguez Perez had lost control of his car and crashed into a tree in the area of Northwest 25th Street and 92nd Avenue. As two officers approached his car with guns drawn, Rodriguez Perez opened fire on them, officials said. The body worn camera footage released Tuesday shows a third officer, Daniel Vilarchao, arriving in his marked Doral Police car. He starts to get out and is immediately met with gunfire from Rodriguez Perez, so he returns fire. The video shows Vilarchao firing through the windshield, unloading his pistol from inside the car as rounds are seen entering the vehicle. At one point, Vilarchaos hit and starts bleeding, and drops of blood can be seen dripping down in the video. Vilarchao manages to reload the weapon, gets out of the car and once again empties the handgun at the suspect. His hands are seen covered in blood as he uses his radio and then reloads his weapon again. Officials said Rodriguez Perez ran to the parking lot of a nearby business still armed, and that Vilarchao and another officer continued to shoot at him until he was struck and fell to the ground. Rodriguez Perez died from his injuries. Vilarchao suffered an injury to his face and had to undergo surgery but made a full recovery. Officer Johnny Beautelus was shot in the arm, while a bystander who was in a delivery truck was hit in the leg by a bullet. Vilarchao, Beautelus and the third officer involved, Raffaello Cervera, were later named "Officers of the Year" by the South Florida Police Benevolent Association. In a memo released in November 2023, the State Attorney's Office concluded that the officers' actions in the shooting was justified.

A woman who officers say was attacking a man with a knife was shot by police in Koreatown late Wednesday night. An assault with a deadly weapon incident was reported in the 300 block of Kenmore Avenue around 11 p.m. “Arriving officers saw a woman attacking a man with a knife and an Officer Involved Shooting occurred,” the Los Angeles Police Department tweeted Thursday morning. LAPD Lt. Letisia Ruiz said officers responded with force because someone’s life was in danger. “The goal is to preserve life, so officers … stopped the suspect from possibly, you know, killing this individual,” Ruiz said. The suspect, who is in her 20s, was struck by the gunfire and taken into custody. She was taken to a local hospital in stable condition. Video showed a woman arguing with officers at the scene as she was being detained. The victim sustained minor cuts and was treated and released at the scene. The relationship between the victim and the suspect, and the motive for the altercation, was unknown, police said. Investigators did find a knife at the scene and recovered it for evidence. No officers were injured during the incident.

A man is in custody after leading North Olmsted police on a chase near Great Northern mall that led to him losing control of his vehicle with his one-year-old child in the back seat. The incident took place on Sunday, Feb. 18 at approximately 5:27 p.m. when a North Olmsted police officer attempted to pull over a Chrysler PT Cruiser for a license plate/break light violation on Brookpark Road. The driver of the vehicle, 30-year-old Antoine L. Lindsey, then attempted to evade police and continued to drive east on Brookpark Road. Just before the suspect reached Clague Road, he lost control of his vehicle, causing it to roll over. Lindsey was ejected from the vehicle in the crash. When officers checked on Lindsey's injuries, they found a child in the back seat of his vehicle, still strapped into a car seat. Police say the child did not appear injured, but was taken to a nearby hospital out of caution. Lindsey was also taken to a nearby hospital for non-life-threatening injuries. During an initial investigation of the incident, Lindsey was found to have a suspended driver's license and was illegally in possession of a firearm. Lindsay was charged with the following: * Failure to comply with police signal * Having weapons under disability * Endangering children

The Mt. Shasta Police Department has released the body cam footage of an officer-involved shooting that resulted in one person dead on Christmas Day. The shooting happened on Dec. 25 of 2023 on an Amtrak train in Mt. Shasta. The police department said upon completion of the investigation, it will be turned over to DOJ's Special Prosecutions Section within the Criminal Law Division for independent review. An altercation between Officer Jeremiah Capurro and Nicholas Detweiler led to shots being fired by Capurro, police said. They said Capurro shot and killed Detweiler and an assisting crew member was also inadvertently hit by gunfire. Following the incident, Capurro sustained a moderate concussion due to blunt force trauma and facial injuries because of the altercation and was treated at a local hospital, police said.

Germantown Police Officers who shot at by a suspect on the roof of a school during the evening hours of Oct. 23 will not face criminal charges in connection to the incident. During the early evening hours of Oct. 23, an individual named Kevin G. Foy — an Illinois resident who had no connection to the Germantown area — approached Kennedy Middle School. When police responded to a report of an individual in the area acting erratically, Foy used a bike rack to climb up onto the roof. Officers pursued Foy on the roof. Foy fire shots at the officers, with officers returning fire. The subject sustained injuries and first aid was rendered, but he died on the scene. “Recently, Washington County District Attorney Mark Benson issued his decision regarding the death of Kevin G. Foy, which occurred on October 23, 2023, in the Village of Germantown, Wis. The district attorney determined there will be no criminal charges for involved law enforcement,” the DOJ said in a Dec. 21 statement. The incident prompted a lockdown of after-school activities occurring at Kennedy Middle School. The suspect in the incident never entered the building, and all students inside the school were later safely reunited with their families.

Officers were dispatched to the Creekside Place Apartments on North Nelson Road on Feb. 22 on initial reports of a man, Colin Jennings, 26, cutting himself and fighting a person who called 911. The call came from a man reporting that his boyfriend was attempting to harm himself with a knife, according to a spokesperson for the Columbus Department of Public Safety. Body camera footage shows the officers approaching the entrance of the building, and then Jennings comes out, and both officers are seen with guns in their hands. One of the officers approaching Jennings is heard saying, “I’ve got lethal force.” He then yells, “Drop the knife,” to Jennings before the other officer to, “Get your taser out. Tase him. Tase him. Tase him.” WBNS reports that the spokesperson said Jennings started approaching the officers with a large knife raised in his right hand and repeatedly yelling the phrases: “Shoot me. I want to die.” The video showed officers telling Jennings to back up and drop the knife, but he continued to approach them. One officer fired their gun three times, striking Jennings at least once, while the other officer deployed his stun gun. Medics transported him to the hospital, where he later died. No officers were hurt in the incident.

At a Tuesday afternoon press conference, Woodbury County Attorney James Loomis said the Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation finished its investigation of the incident that took place in the early hours of January 8. After reviewing the information, Loomis said he found their shooting of Salvador Perez-Garcia, 55, of Sioux City, was legally justified. -- A Sioux City patrol officer was parked in the casino’s parking garage at about 4 a.m. on Monday, Jan. 8. While parked, he reportedly saw a white truck ram headfirst into his patrol vehicle. Man involved in Sioux City shooting in July arrested for attempted murder The driver of the truck was 55-year-old Salvador Perez-Garcia of Sioux City, the release states. While trying to exit the parking garage, Perez-Garcia encountered other responding officers. He then allegedly drove into a second patrol vehicle and got out of the truck “swinging a length of chain with an affixed metal object.” The release says that the officers were not able to disarm him or otherwise de-escalate the situation. As Perez-Garcia allegedly kept swinging the chain and walking towards them, police shot him, killing him at the scene despite attempts to save his life after the shots were fired. The officers were put on paid administrative leave. Their names were not released. Perez-Garcia was previously involved in an alleged stand-off at a downtown apartment building in Oct. 2022. He was allegedly making threats with a firearm. --- “Upon my review of all the evidence, I conclude that the fatal shooting of Salvador Perez-Garcia by Sioux City police officers was legally justified. His violent aggression was planned and targeted at law enforcement,” Loomis said. “His attack on officers with the Sioux City Police Department placed those officer's lives in immediate danger. The use of deadly force was justified to put an end to that immediate danger.” Loomis added that no criminal charges are not warranted against the officers and that he considers the investigation closed. Police Chief Rex Mueller also spoke at the press conference, saying Perez-Garcia’s actions were deliberate. “Make no mistake, this was a deliberate and premeditated ambush on officers. Investigation by DCI and our own internal investigation revealed the suspect had a documented contempt for law enforcement. The night of the shooting, he was actively seeking the attention of law enforcement to force a confrontation.” Mueller said both officers reacted reasonably to the incident and were justified, saying the entire attack on officers was less than 17 seconds with officers giving repeated commands.

Westlake Police say they respond to every type of call for help, and they proved that once again Sunday after a resident called about a trapped doe tangled in a soccer net. Video from police bodycam posted on the department’s Facebook page shows the young deer caught in many strings of the net, and the doe can be heard crying out. Neighbors told police they tried to free the doe entangled in the net, but the doe’s mother was aggressive toward them as she protected her baby. That’s when Westlake police officers came to the rescue Sunday afternoon during the Memorial Day weekend. Westlake Police Captain Greg Vogel told FOX 8 that one of the officers stood between the doe’s mother while another officer used a tool to cut the net. The doe was so entangled in the soccer net, the officer had to cautiously cut more than 20 strings of the net. The officer cut the net cautiously, so the squirming doe wasn’t cut. After several minutes, the officer freed the doe. The doe is seen running away and appearing not to be injured. One of the officers is heard saying to the doe “You’re okay, it’s all good,” “Our officers respond to all types of calls and try to find ways to help, whether it’s people or animals,” said Westlake Police Captain Gerald Vogel.

Surveillance and body-cam video shared by the Ross County Sheriff's Office shows a deadly shootout between Sgt. Eric Kocheran and 42-year-old Nicholas Mitchell. The video shows Mitchell walking up to the Ross County Sheriff's Office and knocking on a window. Mitchell can be seen pacing outside the building before Kocheran came to the door. Kocheran opened the door the video appears to show him and Mitchell talking before Mitchell pulled a gun from his pocket. Mitchell pointed the gun at Kocheran, who pulled his firearm while trying to back into the building and close the door. The video appears to show Mitchell firing a shot that struck Kocheran in the upper body. Kocheran can then be seen returning fire, striking Mitchell who fell to the ground. Body-cam video from Kocheran shows Mitchell coming to the door and asking for more officers. Kocheran can be heard asking Mitchell "what's going on?" "Somebody said they're going to hurt my family and they want me to hurt kids and I can't do it," Mitchell can be heard saying to Kocheran. "So, I've got to do this." That is when Kocheran's body-cam video shows Mitchell pulling a gun and pointing it at Kocheran. Kocheran tried multiple times to get Mitchell to put the gun down before he fired multiple shots. The sheriff's office said Mithcell was rushed to a hospital in the Chillicothe area where he died. Kocheran was rushed to Grant Medical Center in Columbus. Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost said he is in serious condition. The sheriff's office said he is stable. The shooting happened between 4:45-5 p.m. Thursday and it is not clear what prompted Mitchell to open fire.

The Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department released bodycam footage Tuesday afternoon from an early August police shooting that killed 49-year-old Gary Harrell. Around 9:40 a.m. Aug. 3, IMPD North District Officer Douglas Correll conducted a traffic stop in the 3400 block of North Parker Avenue for a car, driven by Harrell, driving recklessly. Harrell exited his vehicle before Correll left his police car to speak with Harrell. Officers say Harrell began a brief verbal exchange with Correll before walking back to the driver’s side of his car. Officer Correll can be heard on bodycam footage telling Harrell to not return to his car, but Harrell reentered his vehicle. Police say as Correll continued to speak with Harrell, Harrell exited his car, holding a gun in his right hand and his cell phone in his left. He fled the scene on foot. Correll is seen running after Harrell, commanding Harrell to, “Stop it, drop it.” Correll then drew his IMPD-issued weapon and shot twice, striking Harrell once. Police say that Correll fired his weapon while Harrell was still holding his firearm. A second officer arrived and secured Harrell’s handgun. The five-shot .357 revolver was located on a driveway where Harrell dropped it. Police say the gun was loaded with five rounds. Harrell was given medical aid by emergency services and taken to IU Methodist Hospital. He was later pronounced dead by hospital staff. No officers or nearby residents were injured in the shooting. Community leaders were disappointed by the shooting. Antonio Alexander, the Northwest Community Resources District Council (CRDC) Co-Chair, said he was upset that another person was killed in Indianapolis. “(I’m) extremely disappointed. Not just because it was due to an officer, but anytime there is a family that is grieving and there is a family that has to bare that trauma,” Alexander said. “It’s unfortunate that we have to go through this.” Alexander believes there were other ways to handle the situation. “The officer I would say could have taken a defensive posture because we’re just talking about a traffic stop and let the individual go on,” Alexander said. “I believe it’s more of a concern of community safety by an individual getting shot because he did run.”

A woman was struck and bullets flew Monday during a chase on the west side of Dayton, ending with a pickup truck running over an officer’s vehicle and a major roadway closing. At least one police cruiser and a deputy’s car were damaged as the chase came to a close. A large police presence formed on U.S. 35 near the Liscum Drive intersection, around five miles west of Dayton’s downtown. As of 3 p.m., the roadway was closed in both directions between Abbey Road and Infirmary Road with three different active crime scenes, according to Trotwood Police Chief Erik Wilson. The roadway reopened by 8:30 p.m. During a 3 p.m. news conference, the Trotwood and Dayton police chiefs and the Montgomery County Sheriff said the incident started around 10:54 a.m. Dispatchers for Trotwood police first got a report of a pedestrian hit by a vehicle in the Voyager Village trailer park. When officers arrived, they found a woman who had been struck by a white pickup truck. The suspect that struck her then quickly drove past officers and pointed a long gun at them from the truck’s window, according to Wilson. The officers began chasing the suspect, who went east on U.S. Route 35. and began swerving through oncoming traffic. As the suspect turned right onto U.S. 35’s southern curve, multiple agencies joined in the chase. Wilson said authorities used stop sticks on the pickup truck’s tires, but the driver kept going past them. The truck continued on U.S. 35 toward the intersection with Abbey Avenue, where the suspect turned around toward Liscum Drive. “He began heading back westbound on U.S. 35, at which time he began firing at officers from his moving vehicle,” Wilson said. When the suspect made it to the Liscum Drive intersection, he went across all lanes of traffic and crashed head-on with a Trotwood officer and deputy’s cars. No deputy was inside the car, but the officer was in the police cruiser. The truck crushed the Trotwood cruiser and stopped on top of it. Law enforcement fired multiple shots at the truck, and Wilson said they were able to subdue the suspect. No law enforcement agent was hit by gunfire during the chase and detaining, but Dayton Police Chief Kamran Afzal confirmed in a Wednesday news conference that the suspect had been shot. Emergency crews removed the Trotwood police officer from his crushed cruiser and took him to a local hospital. The suspect and woman struck by the truck were also hospitalized. While Wilson said the woman was treated for injuries that weren’t life-threatening, he did not share the condition of the suspect or the officer involved in the crash, other than that the latter was expected to survive. “They’re taking good care of him at this time … It was a pretty horrendous crash, as I’m pretty sure all of you have seen,” Wilson said. Police described the woman initially hit by the truck as a family member of the suspect, but noted they were not married. Investigators did not identify the suspect during the news conference, or the type of long gun he was using.

A man shot and killed by a Colchester police officer last week pointed a shotgun at officers after suddenly emerging from a door in the basement of his home, according to the Connecticut Office of Inspector General. Inspector General Robert Devlin Jr. on Wednesday released a preliminary report and body camera footage from the officer-involved shooting last Thursday that took the life of 33-year-old Jared Michael Billard. Devlin identified the officer who shot and killed Billard as Colchester Police Department Officer Kiruluss Wassef. In the report, Devlin wrote that police, just prior to the shooting, heard Billard rack a pump action shotgun and shout “Here we go. This is you, this ain’t me.” According to the preliminary report, just before 6:20 p.m., Colchester Police Officers John Zavalick, Bryan Kowalsky and Wassef were dispatched to 759 Norwich Ave. on the report of a possible disturbance. When they arrived, a second-floor tenant told them that their landlord, identified as Billard, had been acting erratically since earlier in the day. At one point Billard allegedly lit a grill on the common deck area of the residence and left it unattended, the report said. Then around 5:20 p.m., he came out of the basement apartment where he resided and began grilling, acting confrontational with the second-floor tenant, according to the report. He also allegedly pushed the tenant at one point and displayed throwing knives, the preliminary report said. The officers who responded were told Billard was in the basement, where Zavalick and Wassef began speaking with him behind a closed door, the report said. Zavalick could be seen in the body camera footage that Devlin released, removing what appeared to be a knife wedged partially into the door. Billard told police to leave, but officers said they needed to stay to investigate what was going on. “No, you need to investigate the (expletive) off,” Billard could be heard saying in the footage. “Get out of my property right now.” Police only engage with Billard for about 30 seconds before things start to drastically escalate. The sound of what appears to be a gun racking can be heard before Billard begins yelling “Go, go, go now. Go (expletive) now (expletive).” “Do not tempt me,” Billard could be heard saying in the tense moments leading to the shooting that include more screaming and banging sounds as an officer tells him to drop the gun. “Here we go,” he shouts. “This is you, this ain’t me.” Wassef tells Billard to stay in the room, just before he could be heard shouting “Here we go” one more time. A moment later, he emerges from behind the door pointing a long gun at Wassef, who fires one round at his chest, according to the footage and Devlin’s report. Wassef retreats out of the basement briefly as one of the officers on scene calls out on the radio “shots fired, shots fired, shots fired.” He then checks on Zavalick, who says, “he’s down.” Officers provided medical attention to Billard before he was brought to Backus Hospital in Norwich, where he was later pronounced dead. According to the preliminary report, the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner found that Billard died of a gunshot wound to the trunk with an injury to his lung. His death was ruled a homicide.

A suspect was shot and killed by sheriff's deputies after they responded to a physical altercation between family members in Hemet. The incident happened around 11:40 p.m. Tuesday at a home on Jepson Court, according to the Riverside County Sheriff's Department. Deputies say the suspect, who has not been identified, was not cooperative and shut the front door on them. While they were trying to contact others involved in the incident, authorities say the suspect shot at them from within the residence. That's when the man came out of the home wearing body armor and shot at them again. Deputies returned fire. Several gunshots can be heard being fired in video taken at the scene. The suspect was taken to a hospital where he later died. No deputies were hurt. Authorities added that one woman at the home sustained minor injuries during the initial altercation.

The City of Akron and the Akron Police Department released police body camera video of an officer shooting a teenager in Akron on April 1. The officer responded to a report of a man with a gun who was pointing it at houses. The body camera video shows what happened as Officer Ryan Westlake arrived on the scene at Brittain Road and Ottawa. “Where are you coming from?” you can hear Officer Westlake say on the video. “Can I see your hands?” he says, as the teen yells out, “It’s fake, it’s fake, it’s fake!” The officer then says, “Shots fired.” The video shows the teen on the ground being handcuffed and bleeding from the shooting. Police later learned that the gun was indeed a fake. The boy involved is 15 years old. He has not been identified. Police have not updated his condition. The Akron mayor’s office Monday released Officer Westlake’s personnel file along with the video. “The officer’s file includes a number of disciplinary actions and use of force incidents, one of which has been deemed unreasonable,” the city said in a press release. “In an effort to be as transparent as possible, we are releasing both the body camera footage showing the officer’s entire interaction with the adolescent who was shot, and the officer’s personnel file,” said Mayor Shammas Malik. “We will continue to be transparent and communicative as the process unfolds.” The officer is a 9-year veteran of the department

The Greendale Police Department has released body cam footage of a vehicle pursuit that ended with the suspect crashing over a snowbank and into the north side of a Chase Bank near 76th Street and Rawson Avenue in Greendale. The driver in the fleeing vehicle, a 28-year-old Oak Creek man, is being charged with fleeing and eluding an officer and second-degree reckless endangerment — both felonies. The endangerment charge carries a penalty of up to 10 years in prison, while fleeing an officer has a maximum imprisonment of 3½ years. Additionally, each charge could result in a fine of up to $25,000. He was also given citations for resisting an officer, operating a vehicle after suspension, unreasonable/imprudent speed and non-registration of an automobile. According to the Greendale Police Department: On Friday, Jan 26, at 2:54 a.m., a Greendale police officer attempted to stop a vehicle for speeding and having a registration violation near 76th Street and Hill Ridge Drive in Greendale. The officer pulled the vehicle over, but the driver took off before the officer could exit his squad car. Police pursued the car for about 40 seconds until reaching 76th Street and Rawson Avenue. The vehicle attempted to turn east onto Rawson Avenue when it lost control and went airborne over a sidewalk covered by a snowbank, and crashed into the north side of a Chase Bank near the intersection. The driver then exited the vehicle and fled on foot through the nearby parking lots. He was eventually arrested in a wooded area by officers from the Franklin Police Department who were called in for assistance. The suspect was then taken to the Milwaukee County Jail. There were no injuries during this pursuit. Police did not provide information about the speed at which the vehicles were traveling during the chase. The suspect's vehicle was towed from the scene. There was damage to the bank where the vehicle hit, including an electrical box, a gas meter, a downspout and some landscaping. The total cost of the damage is unknown, police said.

Sacramento County deputies have released video showing the moments leading up to a deadly shooting in Rio Linda. The shooting happened March 23 along the 6500 block of Campanile Street. Family members reported 38-year-old Christopher Gilmore was cutting himself in a bathroom and was armed with a knife. The family later described the knife as a shaving razor after the shooting. Upon arrival, deputies spoke with the family and tried to call him out of the home, but he refused. Citing one of Gilmore's roommates, deputies said Gilmore allegedly wanted to die by "suicide by cop." Dispatch audio released by the sheriff's office revealed he also had schizophrenia and thought everyone was against him. Deputies also learned he was arrested about six days prior and was on a pre-trial release on his own recognizance. The video shows deputies unsuccessfully trying to call Gilmore out of the house and trying to figure out if Gilmore made comments about dying that day. Not long after, Gilmore opened the garage door with what the sheriff's office described as a knife in his hand. Deputies told Gilmore to drop the knife and tried to get him to surrender peacefully, calling on him to come out with nothing in his hands. Deputies said Gilmore eventually left the garage with the knife and started walking toward them. One deputy fired multiple less-lethal shotgun rounds at Gilmore to try and stop him, but they didn't work. "Despite multiple directives to stop and being hit with multiple less lethal rounds, Gilmore continued to advance and came within just several feet of a deputy while still holding the knife before the deputy shot him with his service weapon," the sheriff's office said in a news release. Gilmore was ultimately hit six times with the less-lethal rounds and shot three times with a gun. Deputies applied first aid, but Gilmore died at the scene. Deputies said the knife Gilmore had was six-inches long with a 3 1/2 inch blade. The deputy who shot him has been with the sheriff's office since 2019. The family previously said Gilmore was suffering mental illness and suicidal, but was not a threat to deputies. Bobbie Gilmore told ABC10 previously her brother wasn't trying to hurt anyone and his mental health crisis was met with gunfire instead of the help he needed.

The Maryland Office of the Attorney General's Independent Investigations Division is investigating a deadly shooting involving a police officer that left a man dead in New Carrollton, Maryland, on Tuesday. The shooting involved officers with the New Carrollton Police Department, according to the Maryland Office of the Attorney General. The officers were on patrol in the 7500 block of Annapolis Road when they came across a disabled sport utility vehicle parked in the roadway around 4:35 a.m., state authorities said. Officers learned that the vehicle had been reported as carjacked in another jurisdiction within Prince George's County, according to state authorities. The officers began looking for whoever had left the vehicle in the roadway and came across a man who was walking in the area. Officers engaged the man, and he allegedly displayed two handguns during the encounter, state authorities said. That's when officers began shooting at the man. Their bullets struck his body, according to state authorities. The man was taken to a local hospital where medical personnel pronounced him dead, state authorities said.

On June 28, 2023, around 12:48 a.m., 77th Street Division uniformed officers conducted a traffic stop on a black 2016 Lexus in the rear parking lot of a Jack in the Box, located in the 7200 block of South Western Avenue. As the officers conducted their investigation with the lone male occupant of the vehicle, the officers heard multiple gunshots coming from a strip mall directly south of them. The officers saw a male, later identified as 44-year-old Michael Meadows, through a short, wrought iron fence separating the two properties. Meadows was walking west toward an occupied, open business while firing multiple rounds from a handgun. The officers immediately engaged Meadows, resulting in an OIS. Meadows was struck by gunfire, causing him to drop the firearm and fall to the ground. Meadows was subsequently pronounced deceased at the scene by the Los Angeles Fire Department personnel. A 9 mm semiautomatic “Ghost Gun” firearm, equipped with a threaded barrel sound suppressor capability and an empty six round Glock magazine, was recovered at scene. No officers or civilians were injured during this incident. The traffic stop was unrelated to the OIS and the driver of the vehicle was not injured.

Nearly seven months after an Indianola police officer shot an 11-year-old boy in the chest during a domestic call, a Sunflower County grand jury decided not to indict him after hearing evidence from the attorney general’s office, according to a Thursday statement from the office. Meanwhile, the child’s mother, after finally seeing the body camera footage from the shooting, is asking for it to be released publicly. “Watching that footage was nothing I was prepared for emotionally, but it was something I had to do,” Nakala Murry, the mother of Aderrien, said Wednesday during a press conference in Grenada. “I feel disgusted, outraged and emotionally damaged, but in all of those feelings I feel blessed. This has been a process of fighting for justice for my son.” In the early morning of May 20, police were called to the Murry home because the father of her younger child had come there, and his behavior was worrying. Officer Greg Capers, one of the officers standing in the doorway, fired his weapon as Aderrien entered the room, hitting the boy in the chest. Murry, her attorney and supporters have been calling for Capers to face criminal charges, but the grand jury did otherwise. Michael Carr, who is representing Capers, said Thursday his client is relieved, and the attorney is glad the grand jury was able to review the facts of the case and the law and find that there was no criminal intent. But the Murrys’ attorney, Carlos Moore, said he will continue to press for justice in light of the grand jury decision. “While the grand jury has spoken, we firmly believe that there are unanswered questions and that the shooting of Aderrien Murry was not justified,” he said in a Thursday statement. “We are committed to seeking justice for Aderrien and his family, and we will persist in our efforts to ensure accountability through the civil legal process.” Until last week, Nakala Murry had not been able to see Capers’ body camera footage, Moore said. Arguments for and against the release of the body camera video have played out in a federal lawsuit Murry filed in May against Capers, the city and Police Chief Ronald Sampson. The city and police chief asked for the video to be sealed from public view to protect Aderrien’s privacy, but his name has been public since the shooting. Moore filed a motion to compel the release of the video, which a judge approved last week but with restrictions: Nakala Murry, Moore and his legal team could view it, but they would not be allowed to share the video or any description about it publicly. Although they are not able to release the video, the city can. “I am here to demand the city of Indianola release it to the public,” Moore said Wednesday. That day, Moore filed an objection to U.S. Magistrate Judge David Sanders’ order, making it clear that they wanted to be able to disseminate the body camera video and talk about it. Moore wrote that the evidence should have been filed with the circuit clerk’s office – making it a public record. That order will be appealed, Moore said. He said there is no set timeline of when the district court judge would make a ruling, but he hopes they will rule in his client’s favor and side with the public. Carr previously told Mississippi Today that the shooting was an accident and that body camera footage would show that. Capers thought the person he shot at was the adult man they were called about, not a child, according to court records.

The Westminster Police Department (WPD) released body camera footage on Friday from a deadly shooting involving officers in July. Police said at around 4:40 p.m. on July 25, an officer on patrol noticed an SUV parked and facing the wrong direction on 88th Avenue at Lamar Drive. The video shows the officer trying to talk to the woman, who did not roll down her window at first. When she did, she didn't answer any questions. The officer asked the woman if she was OK and if she needed an ambulance. He also asked her if she had been drinking, but remarked that it did not appear as if she had been. The officer then appeared to see something inside the car, and he repeatedly yelled, "What do you got in there?" as she grabbed a gun. The officer then fired his weapon and killed the woman after trying to grab her arm. She has been identified as 46-year-old Alysha Duran. Another car was caught in the shooting — one of the bullets hit that Jeep's windshield. The officer who fired talked to the driver and was clearly emotional as he apologized. That other driver was not hurt. The officer was also not injured.

A SWAT officer was able to neutralize a shooting threat back in January, and police released the body cam footage Thursday evening. The San Antonio Police Department (SAPD) released a video capturing an officer-involved shooting that unfolded on Tuesday, Jan. 9 near the 6900 block of Timbercreek. The incident began when SAPD dispatchers fielded numerous 911 calls reporting a man firing guns outside of an apartment complex. Responding patrol officers swiftly arrived at the scene and moved to secure the area near the suspect's apartment's back sliding door. As officers attempted to establish a perimeter, one of them heard the suspect, identified as Jose Vasquez, 43, racking a gun. Without warning, Vasquez unleashed a barrage of gunfire, forcing officers to seek cover behind nearby vehicles. Recognizing the severity of the situation, the SAPD Negotiations Unit and SWAT team were summoned to the scene. SWAT Officer Jesse Noriega, positioned in an elevated spot within a SWAT armored vehicle, took decisive action after witnessing Vasquez point his firearm directly at officers from the back patio area, shielded by a privacy fence. Noriega discharged his weapon, striking Vasquez and neutralizing the immediate threat. Following the confrontation, Vasquez was transported to a local hospital and is reported to be in stable condition. Thankfully, no other individuals were harmed during the exchange of gunfire. Vasquez faces charges including Aggravated Assault Against a Public Servant and two counts of Deadly Conduct - Firearm.

The Orange County Sheriff's Office released body-worn camera footage Thursday from a deputy-involved shooting earlier this month that shows a man appear to charge at deputies with a knife. On Feb. 6, deputies were called to a home in the 4700 block of Davisson Avenue in Orlando with regard to a man who was harming himself with a knife. The 911 caller initially said a man inside the house had killed himself, but then was heard screaming. "He's screaming in there. So, he didn't kill himself. He didn't kill himself," the caller is heard saying on the 911 audio released by the sheriff's office on Thursday. Two deputies arrived in separate patrol cars and briefly spoke with the 911 caller, who told deputies that the man, identified as 43-year-old Decarlos Cornelius Long, was inside the house. Bodycam footage shows the deputies approaching the front lawn of the house, and Long is seen running out of his home with a knife in his hand. Both deputies fired their weapons at the man, who fell to the ground with the knife still within reach. "Deputies needed to secure the knife before Orange County Fire Rescue, which was already present, could safely enter the scene," the Orange County Sheriff's Office said. "Both deputies approached Mr. Long, and deputy #2 kicked the large kitchen knife a safe distance away." The knife was described as a stainless steel kitchen knife. It was covered in blood. Long was transported to a local hospital, where he died from his injuries. Neither deputy was hurt in the incident. "He came out of that house to harm those deputies, and in my opinion, they really had no other choice," Orange County Sheriff John Mina said at the time of the shooting. "He was extremely agitated, holding a very large knife, and it happened in the blink of an eye." Mina said that deputies have responded to the home at least 16 times over the last year for various calls, including arguments and other disturbances. The sheriff added that Long likely has a history of "mental health issues." An investigating into the shooting is still underway.

Police are investigating an officer-involved shooting in the Bronx that left one man dead following an apparent family dispute Saturday morning. At around 11 a.m., officers responded to what they described as "a family call for help" inside an apartment on Creston Avenue in Bedford Park. As officers arrived at the scene, they say a 19-year-old woman, the girlfriend of the man killed, came screaming out of the apartment with apparent slice wounds to her face. Upon entering the apartment, officers say they saw the man, identified as 30-year-old Michael Dotel, holding his mother in a headlock with a large carving knife to her throat. They say the 45-year-old woman was visibly injured and was bleeding from the area. "My son became crazy and tried to kill me," the man's mother said in Spanish. "I felt like I was having a heart attack." According to police, Dotel threatened to kill his whole family and himself. Officers say they instructed the suspect numerous times to drop the knife before firing a shot that struck him in the head. Dotel was transported to a nearby hospital, where he was pronounced dead. "Today was a complete tragedy during this holiday season. Thank God our cops got here quickly and saved this family from further harm," said NYPD Chief of Patrol John Chell during a press conference after the incident. "Their training kicked in, saved the mom's life and saved this family's life." It's unclear what triggered the incident, but police say there is a documented history of domestic violence in the apartment. Plus, residents say they have experienced dangerous incidents in their building before. One woman, who chose to remain anonymous, shared video of a recent incident where a resident was caught on camera waving a kitchen knife around in front of the building. She says it is one thing after another. "My neighbor tried to set his apartment on fire twice back-to-back...he lives right next to me," she said. Many residents say they want out of building known as the Bedford Greenhouse, which offers supportive housing for people with mental health and substance abuse issues. "My daughter told me today, 'Mom, if we don't find another apartment, I want to go into a shelter, I don't want to live here no more,'" said one resident.