By Jonathan Sutton
The Oklahoman
MUSKOGEE, Okla. — Police on Friday released body-camera video of a fatal officer-involved shooting outside a wedding.
Police received a call about 3:45 p.m. on Jan. 16 reporting a domestic disturbance at the Old Agency Baptist Church in the 1800 block of N 24th, police Cpl. Mike Mahan said.
Pastor Andre Jones called 911 and said an armed man was threatening to kill a woman who was attending a wedding.
“He’s here with a gun,” Jones said on the 911 call. “I need a police officer because I got to stop this. I got a whole bunch of people here and I don’t need nobody hurt.”
Sgt. Michael Mahan said Friday that witnesses at the scene told police that Terence Walker, 21, told the woman at the wedding he “had a bullet with her name on it.”
When Muskogee officer Chansey McMillin arrived to investigate the disturbance report, he met Walker outside the church.
Video released Friday shows McMillin approach Walker and begin to search for weapons. The officer remarks that Walker seems nervous and asks Walker to relax.
Walker then breaks away from McMillin and runs from the parking lot. Mahan said Walker hit the officer with his elbow in his attempt to get away.
McMillins chases Walker and at one point Walker drops something on the ground.
When Walker goes back to retrieve it, McMillin draws his gun and fires five times.
“It is our belief that the video clearly shows the suspect pointing the gun at the officer,” Mahan said.
The video shows Walker fall to the ground. He was pronounced dead at the scene.
A loaded pistol was found near Walker, Muskogee police said. The video shows officers picking up the gun close to Walker’s body.
The Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation is investigating the shooting, and McMillin has been placed on administrative leave.
Near the end of the video, Officer McMillan can be heard saying, “Why did he have to do that?”
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