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The Sonoma County Sheriff's Office released dramatic body cam footage on Friday of a wild gun battle, chase, and crash that killed an armed suspect and injured several deputies. Authorities said deputies were responding to a report of an armed man at a nightclub who was making threats in the area of Todd and Stony Point roads on March 4. He had been kicked out the day before. When deputies attempted to make contact with the suspect, identified as 53-year-old Jose Luis Villasenor Cervantes, he opened fire on them with an AK-47-style rifle. "Let me see your hands!" a deputy can be heard yelling at the suspect. Cervantes responded with more gunfire as additional deputies converged on him. "Got one subject in the car moving around a lot," a deputy said, followed by "shots fired!" The deputy returned fire in what was the first of several exchanges of gunfire during the harrowing confrontation. "These kinds of incidents are rare in Sonoma County where a suspect is aggressively coming after law enforcement," said Santa Rosa Police Lieutenant Christopher Mahurin. After opening fire on the deputies, Cervantes also led them on a chase that ended when he crashed his white sedan into an empty sheriff's cruiser at Stony Point Road and Butler Avenue. Deputy Nicholas Dellia was outside his patrol car and trying to set up spike strips. But Dellia was accidentally run over by fellow Deputy James Blount's car and suffered a major head injury and burns to his back. The incident also left other deputies injured and their vehicles damaged. "The deputy who suffered a severe head injury is still in the hospital. A second deputy was wounded on his leg and two other deputies suffered hand injuries," said Sonoma County Sheriff Eddie Engram. Authorities said Cervantes fired more than 50 times at deputies, who returned fire. Cervantes died after crashing into the deputy's car. "The fact that this man shot more than 50 rounds from an assault-style rifle and still did not manage to cause more damage, more injury to deputies, we're very grateful," said Mahurin.

The North Dakota Attorney General on Thursday, Aug. 17, released police body camera video from the officer responsible for shooting and killing a gunman who ambushed Fargo police officers on July 14, neutralizing a wider community threat. Attorney General Drew Wrigley and Fargo Police Chief David Zibolski held a news conference on Thursday to make public Officer Zach Robinson's body camera video recorded during the shooting that claimed the life of one police officer and injured two others officers and a bystander. The video, played at Fargo City Hall, was prefaced with a warning that it was disturbing and graphic and that viewer discretion was advised. The three-minute video is digitally blurred "out of respect" in parts, but the audio was not edited, Wrigley said. It shows the three officers who were struck by Mohamad Barakat's rapid gunfire just seconds before they were hit, and Officer Zach Robinson's immediate response, shouting "hands up" multiple times and commanding Barakat to drop the gun at least six times. In a late July interview with The Forum, Wrigley said body camera video from Officer Jake Wallin shows Wallin unholstered his gun and nearly got a round off on the gunman, 37-year-old Mohamad Barakat, before he was shot and killed. On Thursday, Wrigley said Wallin did, in fact, fire one shot before he was struck and killed by Barakat. The shooting happened as the officers processed the scene of a routine traffic crash on 25th Street and Ninth Avenue South. The injured officers, Andrew Dotas and Tyler Hawes, and a bystander, Karlee Koswick, have since been released from the hospital and are still recovering from their injuries. On July 21, authorities revealed Barakat had been planning a much larger public attack. They said Barakat searched online for articles about mass casualty incidents and the Downtown Street Fair, suggesting to authorities he intended to open fire on thousands of people attending the event. His vehicle was loaded with three long rifles, four handguns, more than 1,800 .223-caliber bullets, three canisters filled with gasoline and two propane tanks filled with Tannerite, explosive materials used for target practice. Wrigley said body camera video from the other three officers would not be released Thursday but perhaps at a later time, out of respect and sensitivity for their families.

Two western Maine police officers have been cleared of wrongdoing by the Maine attorney general’s office after they shot a man in Mexico last August. Mexico police Lt. Derek MacDonald and Rumford police officer Bradlee Gallant both shot at Brandon Dearborn on Aug. 31, 2022, in an apartment complex in Mexico after several residents called police about a man who was walking around and pointing a gun at people, according to the attorney general’s report. While the report does not specify which officer’s bullets hit Dearborn, the report says Dearborn was injured and that both officers fired multiple times at him. Dearborn survived. Dearborn’s shooting was the second in a string of three police shootings to grip the small mill town and police department. In October 2021, Mexico police officer Dustin Broughton shot Matthew Marston in Dixfield. Then, in October 2022, a little more than a month after Dearborn’s shooting, Broughton shot and injured Daniel Tibbetts outside his apartment. Both of Broughton’s shootings are still under investigation by the attorney general’s office. After MacDonald and Gallant shot Dearborn last August, the man was charged with reckless conduct with a firearm, receiving stolen property, and possession of a firearm by a prohibited person after he allegedly stole a handgun from a house close to Sun Valley Circle and pointed it at multiple people, according to court records filed in Oxford County Superior Court. He was also charged in federal court with being a felon in possession of a firearm. As part of an investigation into the three shootings, the Bangor Daily News obtained body-worn camera footage from Dearborn’s shooting. The footage from Gallant’s camera shows how the officer pointed a handgun and a stun gun at Dearborn and repeatedly told him to drop the gun. “Shoot me dead. Shoot me,” Dearborn responded. Gallant fired the stun gun, then seconds later began firing his gun, as did MacDonald. According to the attorney general’s report, Gallant and MacDonald were both justified in their use of deadly force as they reasonably believed Dearborn, who was armed with a gun, posed a threat to another officer and residents of the apartment complex.

0:00 - Intro 1:25 - Surveillance video 11:30 - Officer Moreno 16:56 - Officer Garcia 21:59 - Deputy Orellana ----- Houston Police on Monday released body camera and surveillance footage of a shooting that left a woman dead and her son critically injured after she opened fire inside celebrity pastor Joel Osteen's megachurch in early February. In the video posted on the Houston Police Department's Critical Incidents YouTube channel, Assistant Police Keith Seafus explained the releasing of the video is "intended to provide viewers with information about the officer-involved shooting that occurred on Feb. 11" and "it is important to know that the department is still in the very early stages of the investigation as they continue to review additional evidence." Security camera footage from Lakewood, also released by police, showed the shooter, identified as 36-year-old Genesse Ivonne Moreno, arriving at the church in a white SUV and taking her son, 7-year-old Samuel Moreno, out of the back seat and walking toward the building just before 2 p.m. The woman was wearing a black shirt, striped pants, boots, and a loose-fitting tan-colored trench coat. In the video footage, gunshots could be heard ringing throughout the church building as officers closed in on the source of the shooting. “Put the weapon down, now,” an officer can be heard shouting before firing his weapon. Another officer cautioned, “She may have a bomb.” Additional security video from the church, which didn't have sound, showed the boy covering his ears after his mother walked off-screen. She then came near him, and he reached his arms out to her. She then walked off-screen again. The boy appeared to be in a recessed doorway. In the footage, Moreno could be heard saying, “You killed my son." She later said, “Stand down, I have a bomb. I have a (expletive) bomb.” Gunfire could be heard as she talked. Authorities said off-duty Houston police officer Christopher Moreno and Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission Agent Adrian Herrera were guards inside the church and returned fire at the shooter. She was ultimately killed after being struck by gunfire. During the shooting, the woman's son received a gunshot wound to the head, and investigators said they weren't sure if he was accidentally shot by one of them. Images of the child, seen wearing orange pants and a yellow shirt, were blurred after he was wounded in the shooting. Paramedics were summoned by multiple officers, who requested help after seeing the young boy lying face-up in the carpeted hallway. A 57-year-old man was also shot in the hip and was released from the hospital. The motive for Moreno's attack, which sent worshippers rushing for safety in between services that day, remains unclear. The police chief said investigators also found antisemitic writings by the shooter.

The Ohio Bureau of Criminal Investigation is investigating after an officer shot a suspect reportedly holding an AR-15-type weapon early Sunday morning on the 9000 block of Taylorsville Road in Huber Heights following a road rage incident. "BCI was requested by the Huber Heights Police Department to investigate an officer-involved shooting. No officers were injured," said Steve Irwin, press secretary for the Ohio Attorney General's Office. The suspect had non-life-threatening injuries and was transported to Miami Valley Hospital following the incident, he said. "Our investigation is active and ongoing," Irwin said. The incident happened after police were dispatched at approximately 1:33 a.m. on Sunday to the area of state Route 4 and Chambersburg Road on the report of a road rage incident. The victim reported a suspect had shot out his window and rammed his car, according to the Huber Heights Police Division. Police say the victim was trying to drive away from the suspect when the suspect shot at the victim again in the area of the Shell Gas Station at 8007 state Route 235. Officers reported seeing the suspect's vehicle leaving the parking lot of the gas station. When they attempted to stop the vehicle, it continued south on state Route 235 at high speed, police say. Officers attempted PIT maneuver (precision immobilization technique) to try to stop the suspect's vehicle, but they were unsuccessful. They continued north on New Carlisle Pike, where officers said they saw objects being thrown from the suspect's vehicle. The suspect's vehicle drove west on Taylorsville Road before pulling into a grassy area near a residence. The suspect exited the vehicle, and was ordered to the ground by officers, police said, but instead he raised a black AR-15-style rifle, pointing it at the officers. The officer closest to the man opened fire, hitting the suspect, who then fled with his rifle in hand, though police said that the man turned around to point the rifle at the officers multiple times as he ran. Police said they chased the man on foot until he collapsed on the front porch of the residence near where he stopped. Officers called for a medic and began first aid procedures on the suspect until he could be transported to the hospital, police said. Charges are pending review by the Montgomery County Prosecutor's Office.

The Office of Police Accountability (OPA) released a report Wednesday agreeing with investigations justifying the January 2023 actions of a Boise police officer who shot a man who threatened police with a knife while walking along the “Flying Wye” on I-84. According to the Use of Force Investigative Report, the OPA concluded that it was "reasonable" for Boise Police Department (BPD) Sgt. Kirk Rush to use deadly force against Harry Chester Andrews, and that it was an act of self-defense. On Jan. 3, 2023, police were dispatched to a man walking in the westbound lanes of the interstate. When officers arrived, they found Andrews walking on I-84 with a knife in his hand, according to the report. Rush told Andrews to get on the ground and drop his knife. Andrews did not follow commands and ran at Rush with the knife in hand, which prompted the officer to shoot Andrews, injuring him. He was taken to the hospital and treated for his injuries. Andrews pleaded guilty, in Oct. of 2023, to aggravated assault upon certain personnel with a deadly weapon enhancement. Andrews was sentenced to prison for 25 years on Jan. 11, 2024. The Ada County Prosecutor's Office said while police were detaining and aiding Andrews, he said to the officers, "I wanted to kill you." On the same day as the sentencing, Gem County Prosecuting Attorney Erick Thomson released a press release that justified Officer Rush in the shooting.

0:00 - Intro 1:35 - Surveillance video 2:11 - Body cam 1 29:46 - Body cam 2 30:35 - Body cam 3 31:49 - Body cam 4 32:06 - Body cam 5 32:33 - Body cam 6 ----- Police shot and killed a knife-wielding man in Brooklyn who authorities said was the suspect of a double murder investigation from over the weekend. The deadly incident happened on Bay 44th Street, near Harway Avenue in Bath Beach, shortly after 7 a.m. Wednesday, police said. At a news conference held after the incident, Chief of Patrol John Chell said an NYPD patrol car equipped with license plate reading technology identified a vehicle whose owner was wanted for a double murder that took place in East Flatbush on Sunday. Chell said the officers rounded the block to verify the license plate before approaching the suspect, Jason Pass, of Brooklyn, who was at that point sitting in his parked car. When police approached the vehicle, Pass jumped out of the car with a knife in his hand and started running, according to Chell. Police pursued Pass until he reached Bay 44th Street, at which point they waited for backup. Chell said police had a 15-minute dialogue with Pass, during which they repeatedly demanded he drop the knife. Eventually, Pass charged at the officers in a “full sprint” while brandishing the knife, at which point police fired four times, striking Pass three times in the chest and once in the leg, Chell said. Pass was taken to a nearby hospital, where he succumbed to his injuries, police said. Police previously said Bladimy Mathurin, 47, and Chinwai Mode, 27, were fatally shot in the hallway of their apartment building in East Flatbush around 10:40 p.m. on Sunday. An NYPD official on Tuesday said the suspect wanted in connection with their deaths was a neighbor who had gotten into a dispute with them over a noise complaint. Authorities on Wednesday said Pass had one prior arrest — for robbery — before he became a suspect in Sunday’s double murder investigation. Asked what was said during the exchange between officers and Pass before he allegedly lunged at them with the knife, Chell said Pass said something to the effect of, “This won’t end well.”

Blendon Township Police have released the body cam footage showing the deadly shooting of 21-year-old Ta'Kiya Young in a Kroger parking lot. The five-minute video shows a police officer standing in front of her vehicle, shooting Young within 30 seconds of the interaction beginning. Young began turning her steering wheel away from the two officers before she accelerated, but as she pulled forward, her car started pushing against the officer before he shot her. Ta'Kiya Young was accused of shoplifting from the Kroger located on South Sunbury Road, when nearby officers were alerted to the alleged theft by a Kroger employee and immediately approached Young's vehicle. Young was pregnant at the time, and the family said she was expecting to give birth to a baby girl in November. Blendon Township also sent its use of force policy for the police department. The policy states the following about how officers should respond to a moving vehicle: "When feasible, officers should take reasonable steps to move out of the path of an approaching vehicle instead of discharging their firearm at the vehicle or any of its occupants. An officer should only discharge a firearm at a moving vehicle or its occupants when the officer reasonably believes there are no other reasonable means available to avert the imminent threat of the vehicle, or if deadly force other than the vehicle is directed at the officer or others. Officers should not shoot at any part of a vehicle in an attempt to disable the vehicle." The officer did not appear to attempt to get out of the way of the moving vehicle, instead opting to point his gun at Young and shoot her. Before Young was shot, the two Blendon Township officers used an air wedge to try and unlock another person's car. Young entered her vehicle with a large bag on her shoulder. Shortly after, the first officer approached her vehicle after an unseen person tells him something inaudible. Blendon Township Police Chief John Belford said this was a Kroger employee telling the officers that Young has stolen several bottles of alcohol. No stolen alcohol bottles are seen in the footage. The officer knocked on Young's window and said "Hey, stop" and "get out of the car." Young rolled down her window and asked "for what," to which the officer says, "They said you stole stuff. Do not leave." Young replied, "I didn't steal shit. The other girls were taking..." The officer began hitting Young's partially open window, and Young said, "Are you going to shoot me?" As this first officer interacted with her, the other officer abandoned the air wedge and placed himself in front of the vehicle and unholstered his gun, as Young begins turning her steering wheel. Within seconds, the officer then pointed his gun at Young, and as Young's vehicle pulled forward and pushed the officer, he shot one bullet through the windshield and hit Young. The car continued pulling away and rolled toward the plaza building and came to a halt on the sidewalk under an awning. As officers gave chase, they yelled at Young to "stop that car." Within seconds of the car stopping under a RX Walk Up sign, the officers busted open her driver's side window. The video released Friday does not show the officers giving first aid to Young, but Belford provided a breakdown of how officers provided aid. He said that 10 seconds after officers got Young out of the car, Officer 1 called for EMS and 10 seconds later, Officer 1 sprinted back to his car to get a trauma kit and wound seal and then sprinted back and began to use it to stop bleeding. Belford said 68 seconds after Young is out of the car, Officer 1 sprints back from his car and applies a chest seal to her wound in an effort to stop the bleeding. And 90 seconds after Young is out of the car, an ER physician approaches the officers and begins to help with medical attention. Belford said nine minutes after receiving the call, EMS arrived on the scene and took over the treatment of Young. Young was taken to St. Ann’s Hospital, where she died. Throughout the heavily edited video, the officers faces are blurred out and there are several instances. Belford said in a statement the officers' identities are being withheld under Marsy's Law, which protects the identities of crime victims. Belford said in a statement that the first officer is being considered a victim, because of attempted vehicular assault and even though Young is deceased, the crime victim status remains. The second officer is considered a crime victim because his arm was in the car as she pulled away, and the crime is considered misdemeanor assault. "This was a tragedy. Ms. Young’s family is understandably very upset and grieving. While none of us can fully understand the depths of their pain, all of us can remember them in our prayers and give them the time and space to deal with this heartbreaking turn of events," Belford said in a statement. Belford said he is expecting lawsuits as a result of this shooting, which is why some information is not being released, and he is limited in what he can say. "We’re being as transparent and forthcoming as we can, given these significant legal constraints. As a result, we don’t anticipate making any further statements until official actions are taken," Belford said. Young's family has hired civil rights attorney Sean Walton. The family and Walton held a news conference this week and called for an earlier release of the footage instead of the Friday before Labor Day weekend.

A Missouri State Highway Patrol investigation and the Jasper County prosecutor concluded that a Joplin police officer used justified force in the March 8 fatal shooting of a fleeing gunman who shot three officers during attempts to evade arrest. The Jasper County prosecutor, Theresa Kenney, said Friday the patrol has submitted a review of the police actions in the case and did not present any charges or probable cause for charges against police in the death of Anthony Felix, 40. Capt. Will Davis fatally shot Felix that day as Felix fired upon officers who attempted to apprehend him. He had sped away in a police car, leaving two officers mortally wounded at a shopping center at Fourth Street and Geneva Avenue. Felix then led other officers on a chase from Seventh Street to Range Line Road and down 15th Street through a Campbell Parkway neighborhood before being cornered and wounding a third officer in a shootout. “I believe Capt. Davis’s actions were justified,” Kenney said. “He returned fire in self-defense.” At a news conference Friday afternoon, the Joplin Police Department showed 27 minutes of video from police body cameras and vehicle cameras that documented some key details in the events that led up to the shooting deaths Cpl. Ben Cooper and patrol Officer Jake Reed, and the subsequent wounding of Officer Rick Hirshey by Felix. Cooper died the day of the shooting. Reed died three days later. Hirshey was shot in the face by a bullet that pierced the windshield of his cruiser and was hospitalized for eight days. He spent more than three months on medical leave to recover from the shooting before returning to duty in late June. At the time of the shootings, police said that after Hirshey was hit, Davis left a position of cover to get a clear shot at Felix, downing the gunman who had sprayed numerous rounds at officers during the chase. On Friday, Joplin police Chief Sloan Rowland said the videos were being made public because the patrol investigation had concluded and because open records requests had been filed for the videos. He said the families of the officers were provided access to the videos and consulted about the public release of them before the news conference was announced. The videos open with a 911 call to police dispatch by a store manager of The Buckle, 405 Geneva Ave., who said a suspicious acting man had been in the store and harassed an employee. “He just left, but he was getting aggressive,” she said. The first camera video is of Reed, a five-year veteran of the department, driving into the parking lot and seeing the man, described as wearing a leather jacket and red hat, walking nearby. Reed calmly spoke to the man and asked if something had happened at the store. Felix said nothing was going on. “They told me to leave, and I left,” Felix said. After talking to Felix, Reed got some information including Felix’s birthdate and told Felix to sit on the curb while he talked to the store personnel to get their side of the story. Reed sat in the police car and called the store, where the store manager told him that the man had worn a mask in the store, making employees fearful of a robbery or theft. The man was threatening when he was asked to set the jeans on the checkout counter while he continued to shop. Reed was told the man yelled and cussed at the staff, and said the employees had taken the jeans away from him and touched his hand. Officer Cooper arrived at the location, but his cameras were not turned on. He stood on the street while Reed talked on the phone. Reed stepped out of his car and told Felix to stand up, that he was under arrest. Felix struggles as the officers try to take hold of him. During the struggle, Reed’s body cam fell to the ground and did not pick up the remaining struggle. The police chief said Felix pulled a gun he had hidden in his clothes and fired two shots that struck Reed. He then turned to Cooper and shot him in the back of the head. Felix got into Cooper’s car and drove away. Cooper’s patrol car video showed a Duquesne police car pulling into the parking lot from Seventh Street. Rowland said the Duquesne officer located the downed officers, and called for ambulances and assistance. Felix sped onto Seventh Street, hitting a median and crossing into the oncoming lanes before he turned off on a side street and sped toward Range Line Road. He turned onto Range Line, then drove into the parking lots at O’Reilly Automotive and then Chili’s restaurant, and pulled out onto 15th Street. Officers following him could be heard in the video reporting that they were traveling at speeds of 65 to 70 mph west on 15th Street. Felix fired nine shots at them. One bullet hit the head rest of an officer’s seat, missing his head by inches. Then Felix made a sudden turn onto Campbell Parkway headed toward Connecticut Avenue with smoke showing from the passenger-side rear section of Cooper’s patrol car. After a couple of blocks, the passenger-side back wheel and tire fell off the car and Felix pulled into a driveway and limped the car past the house into a backyard. He jumped out and ran west to some apartments with guns in both hands. A white van was parked near an apartment and he opened the door, but several police cars closed in on his location and he took cover behind the driver’s door, and fired at the officers, striking Hirshey. While Officer Lacey Baxter and others guided a bleeding Hirshey out of the line of fire to take cover behind a vehicle, Baxter called out for help for the wounded officer, shouting, “I need medical right now.” Hirshey told Baxter that “he only got me in the face. He only shot one shot.” The police chief said that Cooper and Reed were taken to the hospital where they remained in critical condition until they died. Felix was a homeless man who stayed with people from time to time, the police chief said. He had a felony conviction and could not legally buy a gun from a store, but he got one from a private individual. There is an ongoing investigation into the sale of the gun to Felix, the chief said. The second gun he used that day, firing more than 18 shots at police officers, was Reed’s service weapon Felix took after shooting him. The videos do not show the actual shootings of Cooper and Reed.

A man is in the hospital after being shot by Lenawee County deputies Saturday morning, It happened just before 1:30 AM in the 13000 block of Neuroth Highway in Ogden Township. According to the Lenawee County Sheriff’s office, deputies were called out to the home looking for a man accused of shooting of a home in Fulton County Ohio. The news release from the sheriff’s office said they found a 53-year-old man inside the Lenawee County home who threatened to shoot the deputy, according to the Sheriff’s statement. That statement says seconds later, the suspect came out the back door with a gun that appeared to be pointed at the deputies. He refused to drop the weapon and deputies fired at him, according to the statement. The suspect was taken to the hospital. The three sheriff’s deputies were not injured.

The Chicago Civilian Office of Police Accountability released video Wednesday morning of the fatal police shooting of 24-year-old Reginald Clay Jr. COPA released video and other materials of the shooting, which took place April 15 in the 3800-block of West Flournoy Street. Clay's family spoke Tuesday night after viewing the Chicago police body camera video of the incident. The family said the shooting was unjustified and devastating to watch. "That's something hard to watch," father Reginald Clay Sr. said. "I feel like my heart ripped out of my chest when I saw it." There is no sound because the first 30 seconds of bodycam video never has sound. In the video, it is daytime, and the police foot chase proceeds quickly down a gangway. The chase can be seen going up some stairs and around a corner, ending with the fatal encounter for Clay. In a slower version of the same video, Clay is seen with a pistol. Investigating authorities are examining the video to determine who did what and when and how it unfolded. COPA has not yet made any conclusions. The agency will eventually make determinations and release findings based on the videos, other documentation and statements. That is for another day. The release of the video is part of the city's police transparency efforts. It used to take months or years for these to be released. This just happened last month. COPA said the incident began when two officers engaged a group of people in the area, and, as the officers got out of their vehicle, Clay began to walk away. A foot chase began, and Clay ran into a gangway with no exit, COPA said. He turned back to exit the gangway, in the direction of the officers, and one officer fatally shot him, COPA said. Clay had a gun on him, which was recovered, COPA said. Clay's family said the video shows he dropped the gun that he was legally licensed to carry during the foot chase with police in the Lawndale neighborhood on April 15. Clay's family said he was meeting friends on the street before heading to a funeral that day when police pulled up. Police said they were in the area to deescalate a gang conflict that day. They said Clay turned around at the end of the gangway and brandished a gun.

A Fairfield police officer was arrested for fleeing the scene of a car crash and driving while drunk in 2021, according to newly released internal police department records obtained through a public records request. Officer Brian Chapman also falsely told a California Highway Patrol officer that his vehicle had been stolen prior to the crash, according to the records. Chapman resigned from the department before he could be interviewed by internal affairs investigators. Months after he resigned, Chapman was charged with misdemeanor driving while intoxicated and reckless driving. He pleaded no contest to the reckless driving charge in January and was sentenced to a year of probation, court records show. According to the CHP report, the crash was reported at 10:12 p.m. on Nov. 17, 2021. Chapman’s Dodge Ram Pickup was found crashed into a mailbox on Midway Road near Paddon Road on the northern edge of Vacaville. Chapman ran into a neighbor’s driveway, where the neighbor confronted him, but Chapman kept running, hopped a fence and escaped through the neighbor’s yard. Chapman then called 911 and reported his truck had been stolen nearby at Judy’s Wild Wrangler Saloon. Sheriff’s deputies contacted Chapman and brought him back to the bar, and CHP Officer Michael Barday also arrived there, according to his report. Chapman told Barday and the sheriff’s deputies that he had pulled into Judy's parking lot but was jumped when he got out of his truck. He denied that he had been in a crash. Barday wrote that Champan’s eyes were watery, and he smelled like alcohol. Chapman said he drank three shots of Jameson and four beers at the Brass Tap before he drove to Judy’s. But the neighbor who had confronted the man who ran from the crash scene identified him as Chapman. Barday recommended that Chapman be prosecuted for DUI and hit-and-run. The department started an internal affairs investigation for violating policies related to criminal, dishonest or disgraceful conduct. Chapman was scheduled to be interviewed on March 11, 2022, but prior to his interview, his attorney Doug Foley called Fairfield police Sgt. John Divine to say that Chapman would resign rather than attend the interview. Chapman was not charged in the case until Aug. 17, when the Solano County District Attorney’s Office filed charges of misdemeanor DUI and reckless driving. The DUI counts were dismissed when Chapman pleaded guilty on Jan. 11 of this year and was sentenced to one year of probation, according to court records. Chapman joined Fairfield police in 2021. He graduated from Will C. Wood High School in Vacaville in 2015 and then enlisted in the U.S. Marine Corps. His father is a correctional officer and his brother, Dennis Chapman, is also an officer with Fairfield police, according to the department. It wasn’t the only recent incident involving a Fairfield police officer’s arrest for DUI. In 2019, Fairfield Lt. Kevin Carella was charged with two felonies for a crash that seriously injured the driver of a commercial van, according to the Daily Republic. Carella left the department later that year. He pleaded no contest to DUI causing great bodily injury in 2021 and was sentenced to a year in jail and five years of probation, according to court records.

A woman spent 15 hours on top of a submerged vehicle in Livermore before being rescued. The Alameda County Fire Department received a call around 10:05 a.m. about a car submerged in rushing water in the 7000 block of Del Valle Road, the address of Del Valle Regional Park, the fire department said. When firefighters arrived, they saw the woman sitting on top of her overturned car. Firefighters initially planned to use a truck ladder for the rescue, but the California Highway Patrol dispatched a helicopter to assist with the rescue operation. Livermore and Pleasanton Fire Department also responded. Video footage captured a rescue personnel being hoisted above the water from the CHP helicopter and grabbing the woman, pulling her to safety. "The water was significantly rapid when we arrived, I can only imagine that last night it was flowing a little heavier," said ACFD Battalion Chief Kent Carlin. Authorities said that the woman attempted to drive to the other side of a flooded road inside Del Valle Regional Park on Monday around 7:30 p.m. and underestimated how deep the water was. The rushing stream overpowered the vehicle, and it overturned in the water. She was swam out of the car and climbed on top of the upside-down car, unable to call 911. "During that time that her vehicle overturned in the water, she lost the phone and all other important items, not to mention it was a bad coverage area anyway," said Carlin. "You could tell from her condition that she was cold, her hands were discolored, she had been there overnight." She was taken to a local hospital for a medical evaluation and is expected to be fine. "She was extremely lucky. Had there been nobody at the campground, she could have been there significantly longer," Carlin said.

A teen who was fatally shot by an Aurora officer was armed with a pellet gun, the Aurora Police Department (APD) said Friday. APD released body-worn camera footage related to the fatal shooting of 14-year-old Jor'Dell Richardson. After giving a detailed timeline of events from the June 1 incident at a news conference at police headquarters, Police Chief Art Acevedo presented footage from two officers' body cameras. The videos depict a rapidly developing situation in which two police officers chase Jor'Dell down an alley and tackle him. Shortly before one of the officers, identified Friday as Roch Gruszeczka, fires his weapon, Jor'Dell can be heard saying "Stop please, you got me." Gruszeczka is simultaneously yelling at Jor'Dell to let go of the gun and says that he will shoot him. He then fired a single round that struck Jor'Dell's abdomen. Officers threw away what turned out to be a pellet gun, and performed CPR until paramedics arrived. Jor'Dell later died. Acevedo stated the pellet gun was an exact replica of a 9 mm handgun, and showed side-by-side photographs illustrating the similarity between the two. "That is not a toy. That is a weapon," Acevedo said. "That's the weapon we found on his person. God bless him. What's the purpose of this? What role do these play? We have a 14-year-old killed dead." "I am beside myself with anger because there is another Black woman who is about to bury her son ... another one," Acevedo added. The officers chased Jor'Dell after one officer with APD's gang unit saw a group of teens wearing medical masks and hoodies approaching a liquor store near East 8th Avenue and North Dayton Street. Thinking it was suspicious, he called for other gang officers to respond and investigate. Police said that moments later, the teens ran from the store after robbing it of several vape canisters. Officers learned that at least one of them had threatened the clerk with a firearm. Police said that was Jor'Dell, who displayed the pellet gun to the clerk by pulling up his shirt.

Police say NYPD officers fatally shot a man who charged at them with a knife in Queens on Friday. It happened at an apartment building near 102nd Street and 62nd Avenue in Rego Park just before 7 p.m. Chief of Department Jeffrey Maddrey says four NYPD members -- including two officers and a sergeant -- were responding to a report of an assault on the second floor of the building. Police say as they exited the staircase, they saw a 46-year-old man armed with a knife. They yelled at the man to drop his weapon, but the man then allegedly charged at the officers. Maddrey says the sergeant discharged his Taser as the two officers fired approximately four shots at the man, striking him. Officers then began life-saving measures. The man was taken to a local hospital, where he was pronounced dead. Police say witnesses told investigators there was a family gathering happening in a second-floor apartment when there was some kind of a dispute. "I'm surprised to hear this kind of crime happen in this neighborhood because I've been living in this neighborhood over 20 years and this is the second time I heard a crime," neighbor Yasemin Demirci said. "Everyone is [on] edge, maybe it's just like the pandemic opened a door for them to come out and hurt someone that they love or who is close to them." According to police, surveillance footage shows a woman leave the apartment holding her stomach, followed a male who tries to hold the door. The 46-year-old man is then seen leaving the apartment armed with the knife. "We see a female exit an apartment. She's holding her stomach. She's bleeding from the stomach. We see another male family member or friend try to hold the door, and then we see a male exit with the knife," Maddrey told reporters. "These situations are fast-paced and dynamic. Our officers, they knew they were responding to a 34, assault. As soon as they walk out the staircase, a male is charging at them with a knife. They give commands to drop. The male didn't stop. The sergeant tried to use his Taser but two of the officers, they fired their weapon." Police say they believe there were children present at the gathering. Maddrey said the woman suffered at least two stab wounds to the stomach and was taken to a local hospital for treatment. She was in critical condition Saturday. The officers were also sent to the hospital to be checked out.

0:00 - 911 calls 3:00 - Bar surveillance 3:11 - Officer 2 body cam 3:35 - Intermission 3:52 - Officer 1 body cam (dash cam audio) 5:07 - House surveillance 6:29 - Officer 2 body cam 7:48 - Photos ----- The Ogden man who police shot and killed Tuesday after he opened fire on an officer had been on parole and was fighting with a woman near a 25th Street bar before the shootout, Ogden police Chief Eric Young said Wednesday. Alex Lopez, 23, was convicted in 2019 on four counts of discharging a firearm, a felony. He was released from parole later that year, then rearrested in 2021 for violating parole before being released again, Young said. Young mentioned Lopez’s criminal history at a news conference Wednesday, during which he expressed concern about the 2015 Justice Reinvestment Initiative Act, which reduced several Utah sentencing guidelines and put maximums on the amount of time someone could serve for violating parole. “I fear that as Utahns, we have become numb to the problem and its repetitive nature,” Young said. This marked the second Ogden police shooting within a week. On the afternoon of June 6, an Ogden officer was shot after police were called to the scene of a reported protective order violation at the Washington Park Apartments complex, located at 170 N. Washington Blvd, and an “exchange of gunfire” ensued. The officer was treated for survivable injuries, but the man the police shot died at the scene. However, Ogden’s numbers for violent crime have remained steady, Young noted Wednesday. “Part one crime,” considered the most serious of violent crime, has actually seen a reduction of 51% over the past 15 years in Ogden, he said. “We’ve seen a drastic reduction,” Young said. “Which even leads to my concern that we’re seeing this larger proportion of criminals that are trying to be rehabilitated in our community rather than in a place where they’re safe.” Just before 1:30 a.m. Tuesday, two callers at a bar near the 100 block of 25th Street reported that Lopez was in a fight with a woman in a parking lot. Both callers identified the vehicle he got into as a black SUV, which Young said was stolen. Officers responded to the area and attempted a traffic stop on 17th Street, but Lopez drove off. Again, officers attempted to stop him on 8th Street, but Lopez got out of the car and fired shots at both police vehicles present. The officer who got out of a patrol car and returned fire, shooting Lopez, has not been identified. Lopez died at the scene. No officers were injured, and the officer who shot Lopez is on administrative leave, according to department protocol. The shooting will be investigated by the Weber-Morgan “critical incident task force.” Currently, nine Ogden police officers are on administrative leave due to shootings, Young said. At the time of the Tuesday police shooting, there was a passenger in the stolen SUV that Lopez was driving, Young said. That person took off from the area and remains out of custody.

A suspect who allegedly lunged at officers in New Jersey on Sunday night faces an attempted murder charge, and police released body camera footage of the encounter that left one officer suffering from a stab wound. Officers with the Galloway Township Police responded to a home at about 8:30 p.m. Sunday, in response to several 911 hang-up calls, the department said Monday in an updated news release. Upon arriving, officers met with the suspect's mother, who could be heard in the video warning the officer whose body camera was rolling that her son was armed with a knife. "Where is he right now?" the officer asked as the suspect, identified as 30-year-old Keith Kiminski, came around a corner through a doorway, directly at the officer. "Hold on, hold on, hold on," the officer can be heard saying. "Stop! Stop! Stop!" A scuffle then ensued. "Officer Erik Tarnow was immediately stabbed on the right side of his face with a folding pocket knife," police said in the press release, during what they described as "a violent physical altercation." Police added that Tarnow and Officer Hunter Thomas took Kiminski to the ground and fought with him for several minutes before additional officers arrived as backup. Tarnow was taken to a hospital, where he underwent surgery for his injuries, which was a "significant cut on the side of his face." He is currently in stable condition, police said. Thomas was treated for a minor head injury and was released Sunday evening, police said. "This incident is another reminder of the dangers that our police officers face on a daily basis", Galloway Township Police Chief Richard D. Barber said in a statement. "We are grateful that Officer Tarnow is recovering well, and our department will be here to fully support Erik and his family." Kiminski is charged with attempted murder, aggravated assault, possession of a weapon for unlawful purpose and resisting arrest. He was taken to the Atlantic County Justice facility pending a future court date.

Lorain police released body camera video from the fatal shooting of a Lorain man who attacked members of the Northern Ohio Violent Fugitive Task Force with a knife and a wooden table leg. U.S. Marshal Pete Elliott said several task force officers went to the Lorain home of Derrick Smith, 34, to serve a federal arrest arrant on April 18. When they arrived at the W. 21st Street home and attempted to take Smith into custody in an upstairs bedroom, he assaulted the task officers with a wooden table leg and stabbed one of the task force officers three times in the neck with a knife, said U.S. Marshal Elliott. The knife was in one hand and the table leg in the other, said U.S. Marshal Elliott. According to U.S. Marshal Elliott, Smith continued to attack the task force officers, even after being tased two times. One of the task force officers then fired his gun, fatally injuring Smith. Three task force officers were taken to Mercy Hospital and treated for injuries. U.S. Marshal Elliott said two of them were seriously injured.

Officers tased, pepper sprayed and brutally beat 29-year-old Tyre Nichols during a Jan. 7 traffic stop, according to video footage released by the city of Memphis Friday. The footage, which comes from a SkyCop camera and officers' body cameras, is split into four videos. Police can be heard yelling at Nichols to get out of his car and forcibly removing him from the car. The video has been described by law enforcement and attorneys for Nichols' family as "absolutely appalling," "alarming," and "unconscionable." The videos show officers kicking Nichols at least twice in the face, striking him at least three or four times with a baton in the upper body area, punching him at least four times to the face, punching him at least two more times to the upper body area and kicking him at least twice in the abdomen. The first video is from an officer’s body camera and lasts about 11 minutes. It shows officers pulling Nichols out of a car at Raines and Ross roads as he yells, “I didn’t do anything.” “Get on the fuckin’ ground,” an officer yells. “I’m gonna tase your ass.” “I’m on the ground, I’m on the ground,” Nichols yells. An officer can also be heard saying the words “break your shit.” “You guys are really doing a lot now,” Nichols says. “I’m just trying to go home.” The camera shakes, Nichols runs, and an officer shoots at him with a taser. The video shows that several officers were hit by pepper spray deployed by other officers. “I hope they stomp his ass,” an officer at the first scene says. The second video, about 30 minutes long, is silent, taken from a SkyCop camera at Castlegate and Bear Creek Lane. The camera swivels to show two officers violently pushing Nichols to the ground on his face as he tries to turn over. Then, a third officer appears to kick Nichols multiple times in the face. A fourth officer looks on, before walking over to strike at Nichols with a baton. Nichols manages to get back on his feet before officers appear to punch him in the face multiple times. Then, three officers force him back onto the ground. More officers come into the frame, with one officer attempting to hold down Nichols’ feet. One officer seems to kick him again. Then, the officers back away as Nichols lays nearly prone on the ground, moving his legs but unable to get up. Officers proceed to drag Nichols across the concrete to lean him against a police car. At this point, at least six officers are present. The minutes stretch on as Nichols lies against the car, with more officers clustering around. At one point, Nichols appears to slump off of the car and lie fully on the ground. He rocks back and forth on the cement, with officers offering no aid. It is not until 28 minutes into the second video that a stretcher is brought for Nichols. The third video, from a body camera, shows an officer running onto the scene at Castlegate and Bear Creek Lane, then spraying Nichols as he screams on the ground for his mother. The officer, who appears to have been affected by his own pepper spray, says, “I’m gonna baton the fuck out of you. Give us your hands.” Other officers can be seen throwing punches. The fourth video, body camera, shows a different officer running toward the second scene. That officer’s hands can be seen pushing Nichols onto the ground. The camera goes dark as Nichols screams, “Mom,” and officers continue to demand that he present his hands. The camera feed is dark for several minutes as the sound of a struggle ensues, Nichols calling again for his mother. There is the sound of a man moaning and trying to cry out. “Breathe, bro,” someone says. A few minutes later, the body camera still blocked, an officer says, “That mother-fucker on something. He cutting through traffic and everything.” When the camera is unblocked, it shows Nichols leaning against the police car. Shortly after the ten-minute mark, EMTs arrive and appear to start rendering aid. In the meantime, officers recap events, saying Nichols was swerving through traffic and didn’t initially stop his car. They pulled him out of the car at a red light, one of the officers said. They discuss the beating: “Bean was rocking, then I jump in started rocking," an officer says. The videos contain redactions, such as license plates and what appears to be a cell phone. Memphis Mayor Jim Strickland said the video is "just beyond anything I've ever seen." "You're going to see a disregard for life, duty of care that we're all sworn to and a level of physical interaction that is above and beyond what is required for law enforcement," Police Chief C.J. Davis said. "I'm sure as I said before that individuals watching will feel what the family felt. If you don't, then you're not a human being. And we all are human beings." Nichols died Jan. 10, three days after a traffic stop near his mother's home and after what Memphis Police called a "confrontation."

Los Angeles police shot and killed an armed robbery suspect after serving a search and arrest warrant Thursday morning in Reseda, authorities said. The shooting occurred about 4:45 a.m. in the 7900 block of Reseda Boulevard, in a residential area between Roscoe Boulevard and Sherman Way, according to the LAPD. Police detectives and SWAT personnel were serving the warrant at the location when the wanted man emerged, armed with a rifle, authorities told ABC7 at the scene. Shortly after 5 a.m., he jumped from a balcony. "He did exit, but he did not come willingly to the officers," said LAPD Det. Meghan Aguilar. "He was armed with a rifle. At which point the officers who saw him exit did give him commands to drop the rifle." "Ultimately, though, an officer-involved shooting occurred." "The suspect was struck by gunfire, and he was transported to a local hospital, where he was pronounced deceased." A rifle was taken into evidence at the scene. The suspect was identified only as a man in his late 30s. No officers or bystanders were injured. Details about the alleged armed robbery that led to the warrant were not immediately available.

Jamie Feith appeared to draw a knife on police officers responding to a domestic dispute at a home in this Dutchess County town before a state trooper shot and killed her last April, body cam footage released Tuesday by the state attorney general’s office shows. Around 3:30 p.m. on April 29, 2022, Hyde Park police were called to a home on North Cross Road due to an ongoing physical domestic dispute. State Police also responded to assist. Upon arrival, Hyde Park officers Joshua Kemlage and Bryan Sweeney and Trooper Christopher Miller of the State Police Troop K unit in Rhinebeck successfully de-escalated an altercation between Feith and an unidentified man, according to a release sent by the State Police afterward. According to the State Police, as the officers interviewed Feith, she armed herself with a knife and attempted to stab the officers. An unidentified officer deployed a Taser before Hyde Park Officer Kemlage fired his weapon, striking Feith, 34. She was pronounced dead at the scene. In New York, incidents in which civilians are killed during encounters with police are subject to review by the state attorney general. On Tuesday, the attorney general’s Office of Special Investigation released footage from a body camera worn by Trooper Miller of the State Police. The video, which is graphic, opens with footage of an unidentifiable officer walking Feith from a bedroom into the living room when she appears to pull a knife from her pants. The officer tackles her to the ground, but Feith fights him off and walks into the kitchen. There, she encounters at least three officers with weapons drawn, the video shows. One of the officers fires a stun gun, but Feith remains on her feet and continues to approach the officers, ignoring commands to drop the knife and get down. At that point, Officer Kemlage fires four shots at Feith, who falls to the ground, according to the video. A man can be heard yelling in distress as the shooting unfolds. Fewer than 20 seconds elapse between when Feith pulled the knife and when Kemlage shot her.

A Florida sheriff's office released body camera video Thursday showing a sheriff's deputy shoot and kill a U.S. airman at his apartment last week while the deputy was responding to a disturbance call. The video shows a deputy from the Okaloosa County Sheriff's Office in the Florida panhandle knock on the door of Senior Airman Roger Fortson's apartment late Friday afternoon and announce he was with the sheriff's office. When the door opens, the deputy yells for Fortson, 23, to step back. Attorney Ben Crump, who is representing Fortson's family, has said that Fortson got his legally owned gun after hearing knocking on his door and not hearing who was there. In a bodycam video released Thursday, the deputy initially knocks without announcing himself. About 30 seconds later, he knocks again, saying he's with the sheriff's office and to open the door. He knocks and announces himself approximately 10 seconds later. Within seconds of Fortson opening the door, the deputy shoots Fortson who is seen holding what appears to be a handgun at his side. Fortson, who is blurred in the video, immediately falls to the ground. He's seen moving on the floor as the deputy tells him to drop his gun. "It's over there," Fortson is heard on the video telling the deputy. "I don't have it." The deputy tells Fortson to not move and then calls on his radio for emergency medical services before the video ends. During a news conference, Okaloosa County Sheriff Eric Aden told reporters, "It pains me to show the video, but I know that you all need to see it." Fortson's family said in a statement that it was troubling that the deputy fired multiple times so quickly. "The video has provided some answers, but it's also raised even more troubling questions," the family said. "As the officer didn't tell Roger to drop the weapon before shooting, was the officer trained to give verbal warnings? Did the officer try to initiate life-saving measures? Was the officer trained to deal with law-abiding citizens who are registered gun owners?" During the incident, Fortson was on a FaceTime call with his girlfriend. Crump's firm released a video of the call that appears to start after the shooting, showing the ceiling of Fortson's apartment. "I can't breathe," Fortson says in the video while groaning. No law enforcement officers are seen in the video, but some voices in the background of the video can be heard. "Do not move," a voice shouts to Fortson. "Stop moving. Stop moving." Fortson was shot six times, Crump's law firm said. As someone in the background counted how many gunshot wounds Fortson had, a voice says, "Yeah, he's shot up."

Albuquerque police confirmed Sunday a teen killed during a house fire after a SWAT standoff Thursday morning died from smoke inhalation. Police say he was not shot by anyone, despite reports from bystanders at the scene. APD says 15-year-old Brett Rosenau was found dead inside the home after the fire was put out. It all started early Thursday morning, Albuquerque police were going after Qiaunt Kelley for violating his probation. Officers also wanted to question him about a recent homicide investigation and an officer involved shooting. Police found Kelley at a southeast home in Albuquerque, but when they approached him, he barricaded himself inside. Police says Rosenau also ran into the home. After several hours of trying to get Kelley to surrender, officers used multiple rounds of munitions to try and get him out. Rosenau was still inside. “They’ve been used by the Albuquerque Police Department for decades,” said APD Chief Harold Medina. The SWAT situation stopped when they noticed the home caught fire. As firefighters arrived, Kelley ran out of the building with burn injuries, but Rosenau didn’t make it out. Now there is a new investigation into what caused the fire and if the munitions used were the cause. Medina said last week it is a possibility. “We’ve heard the stories that it’s possible these could start fires but we’ve never experienced that here,” said Medina. Police say the investigation into what caused the fire will take about two weeks to conduct. It’s still unclear how Kelley and Rosenau knew each other. FacebookTwitterEmailShare

Orlando police released body camera video on Monday showing a shooting involving officers that happened near Mall at Millenia on May 28. An off-duty police officer was working extra duty at Mall at Millenia, near Millenia Boulevard and Conroy Road, when a man was asked to leave through a Neiman Marcus store around 7:12 p.m. Nineteen-year-old Sebastian Roman allegedly pulled out a gun and fired once outside of the mall, OPD said. In the video, Roman was asked to leave the mall by an officer. Then an officer asked if he could search Roman's bag, and that's when shots were fired. The off-duty officer initiated a foot pursuit and called for backup. According to the police department, the officer did not discharge his weapon when initially shot at outside of the mall. An on-duty officer in a patrol car caught up to the suspect outside an Olive Garden restaurant across from the mall, Chief Orlando Rolón said. They say that's where Roman shot himself and died. The Florida Department of Law Enforcement is still investigating the shooting.

It was a close call for Waterbury Police officers Tuesday night while they were investigating a pedestrian fatality. A car plowed through the scene, leading to pursuit and an arrest at a condo complex was caught on body and dash camera footage. Approximately an hour and a half into their investigation of the death of Merton Larmore, 42, of New Milford, who was killed while crossing Chase Avenue, a car was driven through police tape right into the scene of the investigation. Officers can be heard screaming "Stop! Stop," at the driver, identified as 35-year-old Myrice Hodge, of Waterbury, who disregarded police instructions and put the unregistered black Jaguar into reverse, smashing a police cruiser before then driving back toward several cops. "Get out of the car," yelled an officer as Hodge narrowly missed the officer, whose body camera fell to the ground as he dodged the danger. Hodge, with multiple felony convictions in tow, jumped the curb and sped off through the Aldi supermarket parking lot, narrowly missing several people walking through the lot. "That car was seen by Waterbury officers a short time later," said Waterbury Police Chief Fernando Spagnolo. "They attempted to stop that car. Hodge refused to stop for those officers, who continued to try to stop him." And flying out of his car, according to the arrest report, came 21 bundles of heroin Hodge allegedly ditched. The pursuit didn't end until he crashed the car into the condominium complex where he and his girlfriend live on Bradley Avenue. "He led police on a foot pursuit into a common hallway where it was taken into custody," Spagnolo said. "Yo, get on the ground," a female officer could be heard saying on the body camera footage released. "Don't touch me," fired back Hodge. "Get on the ground first," she replied as she and a male officer were attempting to gain control of Hodge. He faces nine charges, including two counts of criminal attempt at assault and seven counts of reckless endangerment. Despite his extensive record, in both New York and Connecticut, Hodge had been free on a $50,000 bond as a result of weapons and narcotics charges in Naugatuck in 2020. And Spagnolo is fed up with low bonds for repeat offenders. "Back in our communities wreaking havoc putting police officers' lives in danger as well as our community members' lives in danger not to mention the thousands of dollars in taxpayers' money that's gonna need to be spent to repair a cruiser so we can get it back on the street and answer calls for service for people who really need the police," he said. The bond for Hodge, who police say has gang connections, was set at $1 million but that was reduced today by a judge in Waterbury Superior Court Wednesday to $750,000. His girlfriend, Samara Roberson, 24, was arrested for resisting arrest and interfering with an officer.