Body camera footage shows fatal police shooting at Ohio emergency room
By Celine Castronuovo - 04/15/21 04:18 PM EDT
Ohio police on Wednesday released body camera footage appearing to show officers engaged in a physical struggle with a man in a hospital emergency room that ultimately resulted in officers fatally shooting him.
The footage obtained and posted by The Associated Press showed the moments Columbus and Westerville police officers attempted to search Miles Jackson, a Black man, in a room at Mount Carmel St. Ann’s Hospital in Westerville, a suburb of Columbus.
According to the AP, Jackson was taken to the hospital earlier that day and was later brought back to the emergency room by officers who had found him passed out in a bank parking lot.
In videos from the Westerville Division of Police and obtained by NBC News, officers appeared to pat Jackson down briefly before helping him into an ambulance.
Columbus police were eventually called to the hospital after the Westerville officers learned that Jackson had outstanding arrest warrants in the city, including domestic violence and possessing weapons under disability, according to local NBC affiliate WCMH.
The footage shared by the AP showed an officer briefly handcuffing Jackson’s left hand to the hospital bed before the officer removed them and started to collect Jackson’s belongings.
“You don’t have nothing sharp in your pockets, do you?†the officer asked. “Hopefully somebody would have caught that earlier.â€
Moments later, a bullet dropped from Jackson’s pants, prompting officers to search him.
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