Lockland Police Officer justified in the fatal shooting of suspect on highway I-75

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Lockland, OH - The Hamilton County Prosecutor said the deadly use of force by a Lockland Police officer that left a man dead on I-75 was justified.

The pursuit of a stolen car led officers from several agencies to I-75 in Evendale on March 19. The car had crashed, and those inside had run off.

Officers were searching for them when a Lockland officer came across Samuel Munyarutete, 48 walking on the highway. Munyarutete was holding a metal rod or pipe. The officer commanded him to drop it. When he did not, the officer used his Taser and then his gun, according to Prosecutor Connie Pillich.

Pillich said they don't know if Munyarutete didn't follow commands due to a language barrier, or if he was even connected to the car chase.

"We can’t speculate as to what role the language barrier may have played into how the events unfolded that morning," said Lockland Police Chief Michael Ott. "As part of our process in talking to community leaders, we are looking for ways we can better support officers with those dynamic situations that are faced on a daily basis."

Lockland Police are in the process of outfitting all of its officers with body cameras. The body cam video shown by Pillich was from a Hamilton County Sheriff's Deputy.