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Video: Armed suspect who killed Ohio cop advancing, gun drawn

The footage shows the moments after the suspect killed Officer Sonny Kim and his response to responding officers

Associated Press

CINCINNATI — Police dash-camera video that’s been released from June fatal shootings of a Cincinnati police officer and armed suspect show the suspect advancing toward another officer with his gun pointed.

Hamilton County Prosecutor Joe Deters played a only a brief clip at a news conference Wednesday in which he announced there would be no charges against officer Tom Sandmann. He released a 50-minute raw video from Sandmann’s cruiser.

The video shows 21-year-old Trepierre Hummons standing near fatally wounded officer Sonny Kim. He turns toward the cruiser after it arrives and advances with gun raised. The video shows Hummons’ hands fly upward; then he appears to turn back toward Sandmann just before disappearing from view.

Hummons’ mother tells a Cincinnati Enquirer reporter that Deters’ version of events wasn’t accurate before she declined further comment.

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