Fatal police shooting at Ohio hospital caught on officer bodycams
Man killed in hospital shootout with Ohio police officers By Associated Press | April 15, 2021 at 3:55 AM CDT - Updated April 15 at 3:55 AM
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - Officers conducting a routine pat-down of a man in a hospital emergency room found a gun in his waistband, spurring a struggle over the weapon and a standoff that ended in officers killing him, according to police body camera footage released Wednesday.
Officers had been searching Miles Jackson, a Black man, at the hospital Monday in preparation for a custody exchange over warrants he had out for his arrest. Jackson began to struggle with the two officers after one of them felt the gun, video showed.
Columbus, Ohio: Officers conducting a routine pat-down of a man in a hospital emergency room found a gun in his waistband, spurring a struggle over the weapon and a standoff that ended in officers killing him, according to police body camera footage released Wednesday.
Officers had been searching Miles Jackson, a Black man, at the hospital Monday in preparation for a custody exchange over warrants he had out for his arrest. Jackson began to struggle with the two officers after one of them felt the gun, video showed.
One of the officers used a stun gun on Jackson after they fell to the floor, while the other attempted to pull Jackson s hands away from his waistband. A shot can then be heard in the video, apparently from the gun in Jackson s waistband.
Fatal police shooting at hospital caught on officer bodycams
ANDREW WELSH-HUGGINS, Associated Press
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1of11Protesters march up North Front Street, demonstrating against Monday s fatal shooting of a Black man in downtown Columbus, Ohio, on Tuesday, April 13, 2021. Miles Jackson was shot and killed inside Mount Carmel by police in Westerville, Ohio. (Kyle Robertson /The Columbus Dispatch via AP)Kyle Robertson /APShow MoreShow Less
2of11A demonstration takes place out in front of Columbus Division of Police building against the fatal shooting of Miles Jackson, a Black man on Monday, in downtown Columbus, Ohio on Tuesday, April 13, 2021. Jackson was shot and killed inside Mount Carmel in Westerville, Ohio, by police on Monday. (Kyle Robertson/The Columbus Dispatch via AP)Kyle Robertson/APShow MoreShow Less
Man arrested after allegedly kicking Columbus police officer
Court records state Munn reportedly slammed the cruiser door on an officer as he was leaving his vehicle.
Credit: Franklin Co. Municipal Court
Tristen Munn is accused of kicking an officer. Author: 10TV Web Staff Updated: 11:23 AM EDT April 15, 2021
COLUMBUS, Ohio A 20-year-old man is accused of kicking and slamming a door on a Columbus police officer on Tuesday night.
Officers were dispatched to the 100 block of Dana Avenue just after 9:05 p.m. on Tuesday for reports of a crowd of 50 to 60 people screaming and “going at it,” according to court records.
Officer whose pat-down missed gun cautioned against rushing
ANDREW WELSH-HUGGINS and FARNOUSH AMIRI, Associated Press/Report for America
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1of11A demonstration takes place out in front of Columbus Division of Police building against the fatal shooting of Miles Jackson, a Black man on Monday, in downtown Columbus, Ohio on Tuesday, April 13, 2021. Jackson was shot and killed inside Mount Carmel in Westerville, Ohio, by police on Monday. (Kyle Robertson/The Columbus Dispatch via AP)Kyle Robertson/APShow MoreShow Less
2of11Protesters march up North Front Street, demonstrating against Monday s fatal shooting of a Black man in downtown Columbus, Ohio, on Tuesday, April 13, 2021. Miles Jackson was shot and killed inside Mount Carmel by police in Westerville, Ohio. (Kyle Robertson /The Columbus Dispatch via AP)Kyle Robertson /APShow MoreShow Less