Akron Police releases bodycam video surrounding fatal shooting of U-Haul theft Michael Jones

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Newly released body camera footage shows a man fatally shot by Akron Police Aug. 17 drove off with two officers partially in a U-Haul before he was shot.

Security camera footage released Saturday shows 54-year-old Michael Jones starting to drive away and then stop as the officers approach the U-Haul he was driving.

According to the initial report, officers were investigating a stolen U-Haul at a gas station in the 2200 block of East Avenue in the city’s Kenmore neighborhood in the early hours of the morning.

Bodycam footage released with the security footage shows the unnamed officers lunge at Jones after Jones asks them why he was being arrested. Seconds later, Jones appears to drive off with the officers hanging out of the vehicle door.

Bodycam footage shows two Akron police officers pull up to the gas station behind the U-Haul at 1:04 a.m. The first officer approaches the U-Haul and asks Jones to open the door.

When Jones does, the officer asks him to step out of the car.

“What’s going on?” Jones asks.

“Get out of the car,” the officer repeats. “You’re under arrest.”

“For what?” Jones asks.

At that point, both officers advance toward Jones in the car and begin grabbing him.

The footage shows a chaotic scene, as Jones apparently starts accelerating the vehicle while officers scuffle with him in the cab of the U-Haul.

“Don’t (expletive) do it!” one of the officers is heard saying as the vehicle begins moving.

“You’re going to get (expletive) shot!” an officer says.

One of the officers fired two rounds, fatally striking the suspect, according to the incident report.

The two officers handcuff Jones and drag him out of the vehicle, the video shows. They lay him on the ground and begin administering first-aid.

Jones died at the scene, according to police.

After the shooting, officers found a loaded handgun in the vehicle, according to the release.