The video, which police released Saturday, shows Akron police shooting a 54-year-old man they were trying to arrest during an investigation into the theft of a U-Haul box truck.
Police in Akron, Ohio, released body camera and security video Saturday showing an officer fatally shooting a man suspected of stealing a U-Haul box truck this month.
The video shows the moments leading up to the death of Michael Jones, 54, on Aug. 17, including the attempt to arrest him, and the moments immediately afterward. Police released body camera video from two officers on the scene and security video from the gas station where the shooting took place.
Jones was shot by an Akron police veteran who has been at the department for 2½ years. The officer has been placed on paid administrative leave under police department procedure, police said.
Police have not publicly identified the officer.
Officers were at the gas station at about 1 a.m. investigating a stolen vehicle, which they had seen in the gas station’s parking lot, police said in the initial news release about the shooting.
The vehicle was rented and then wasn’t returned to U-Haul on the agreed upon date, prompting U-Haul to report it stolen, Akron police spokesperson Michael Miller said.
In the first of the two body camera videos released Saturday, an officer approaches Jones in the driver’s seat of a U-Haul vehicle at a gas station. The officer knocks on and then opens the driver’s side door.
The officer repeatedly asks Jones to step out of the vehicle and tells him he is under arrest. After he unbuckles his seat belt, Jones asks, “For what?”
When Jones does not immediately get out of the truck, the officer tries to grab him and yank him out while a struggle ensues. The video then appears to show the truck driving away while the officer hangs out the open driver’s side door.
The officer warns “you’re about to get f—— shot” as Jones continues to drive before he fires twice at Jones’ side. Jones’ head falls back, and his arms rise in the air before he slumps to his side, the video shows.
Jones is dragged out of the car by the officers, who handcuff him, the video shows.
Officials said in the initial police news release that the officers “immediately administered emergency first aid, which included applying at least one chest seal,” and that Jones was pronounced dead at the scene “a short time later.”
The body camera video shows one of the officers walking away to retrieve the medical kit from their vehicle about 55 seconds after the first shot was fired. That officer then calls for emergency services about 10 seconds later — more than a minute after Jones was shot.
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