Editor’s Note: This story has been updated to reflect additional information. Multiple sources, including WDTN, have reported that while the suspect concealed his hand inside his coat, he fired a shot from the revolver. This article and headline have been updated to reflect this development.
COLUMBUS, Ohio – The Columbus Division of Police released body camera footage showing a SWAT officer shooting a Toledo man who was wanted in connection with the killing of his 13-year-old daughter, the Columbus Dispatch reported.
The suspect was being surveilled by Columbus police after being identified by the Toledo Police Department as the last person seen with the girl, whose body was found with neck wounds in an abandoned house in Toledo earlier in the week, according to the report
The video shows a SWAT officer approaching the suspect. The suspect is seen walking with his right hand inside his sweatshirt and a walkie-talkie in his left hand. The officer, with his gun drawn, orders him to stop and show his hands.
The man refuses, repeatedly telling the officer, “Just kill me.” Despite commands to show his hands, he keeps his right hand in his hoodie, appearing to handle a firearm.
As he begins to pull out what is later confirmed to be a revolver, he fired a shot. The officer returned fire, striking him multiple times.
Additional SWAT officers quickly arrived to secure the scene. The suspect, now on the ground, tells officers, “I don’t want to die, bro.” Officers rendered aid and kept him upright until medics arrived. He was transported to a hospital in stable condition.
Police recovered a revolver and walkie-talkie from the scene, according to the report. No officers were injured. In addition to facing charges in Toledo for the murder of his daughter, the man has been charged in Franklin County with felonious assault for attempting to draw his weapon on the officer.
The Ohio Bureau of Criminal Investigation is reviewing the officer-involved shooting, as required by city policy, according to the report.
