By Police1 Staff
LANCASTER, Ohio — A police department released body camera footage of the apprehension of a man with a gun Sunday after witness video of the arrest circulated.
According to local news station WBNS, officers responded to a call of a distraught man with a pistol on Saturday evening.
When police arrived, the man fired a round before dropping his weapon within a few feet of him and kneeling to the ground, police report.
Video shows an officer forcing the man to the ground, a move that police say was to get the gun away from the suspect.
The man was taken to the hospital to treat his injuries then arrested. Charges against him are unknown.
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