911 Calls & Body Cam Film from Hillsborough Police Shooting Released

0:00 - 911 call #1
0:42 - 911 call #2
1:20 - 911 call #3
2:19 - Dispatch radio
11:00 - Body cam 1
20:02 - Body cam 2
24:51 - Body cam 3
29:47 - Body cam 4
33:30 - Taser cam

The State Attorney General’s Office on Monday released recordings of three 911 calls, video footage from four body-worn cameras, a Taser camera video, and police radio communications related to the fatal police-involved shooting that occurred on Jan. 9 inside the apartment of Joshua Mathis 19, who was killed.

The Jan. 9 incident was the second police-involved fatal shooting in Hillsborough within four months; the first occurred on Sept. 28, 2021, in which a 43-year-old man armed with a sword was shot by police responding to a 911 call inside the victim's residence.

Both fatal shootings remain under investigation by the Office of Public Integrity and Accountability (OPIA).

The recordings were released in response to an OPRA request and pursuant to policies established by the Attorney General’s Office in 2019 that are designed to promote the fair, impartial, and transparent investigation of fatal police encounters.

Investigators met Monday with Mathis’ family to review the recordings.

According to the preliminary investigation, five officers of the Hillsborough Police Department responded at 6:12 p.m. to Mathis' residence in an apartment on Corporal Langon Way after receiving three 911 calls.

Two of the 911 calls were made by Mathis.

When officers arrived, they encountered Mathis inside the apartment holding a knife. During the encounter, Mathis also took out an imitation gun from his waistband, which he threw to the floor.

At approximately 6:26 p.m., Mathis advanced toward the officers with the knife raised. Officer Christopher Michaels deployed his Taser at Mathis and then fired his service weapon, fatally wounding Mathis. Police and emergency medical personnel rendered first aid, and Mathis was pronounced deceased at the scene at 6:51 p.m.

The investigation is ongoing and no further information is being released at this time.

This investigation is being conducted pursuant to a state law enacted in January 2019 (P.L. 2019, c.1), which requires that the Attorney General’s Office conduct all investigations of a person’s death that occurs during an encounter with a law enforcement officer acting in the officer’s official capacity or while the decedent is in custody. Separately, the Independent Prosecutor Directive, which was issued in December 2019, outlines a 10-step process for conducting these investigations. The Directive establishes clear procedures governing such investigations to ensure that they are conducted in a full, impartial, and transparent manner. Under both state law and the Directive, when the entire investigation is complete, the case will be presented to a grand jury, typically consisting of 16 to 23 citizens, to make the ultimate decision regarding whether criminal charges will be filed.
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