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DC Police release bodycam video from fatal police-involved shooting
DC Police have released bodycam video from a fatal police-involved shooting in July.
WASHINGTON - Officials in D.C. held a press conference Friday to release body-camera footage of an officer-involved shooting in Northwest that left 31-year-old Kevin Hargraves-Shird dead.
According to the body-camera footage released Friday, the incident began around 4 p.m. on Saturday, July 30 when officers responded to the intersection of Georgia Avenue and Longfellow Street in Northwest for reports of two juveniles, aged 17 and 15, who had been shot in a nearby Auto Zone parking lot.
Police say a 911 caller told police that they saw a person hide a firearm in the area, before fleeing the scene in a white sedan. An officer who was responding to that call, found the white sedan described by the caller, and began following it in a marked police vehicle.
Kevin Hargraves-Shird, 31.
Once at the intersection of 2nd Street and Madison Street, the car crashed into a curb and became disabled. That's when four individuals jumped out of the car. Three of them ran away, and the fourth exited the car as the pursuing police officer arrived at the scene. Police say they are still searching for the three other suspect who fled the scene.
The body camera footage then shows the uniformed officer open his car door, partially exit, and yell "gun" at least five times before firing their weapon one time and hitting Hargraves-Shird in his right ear.
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Officials release body camera footage of deadly officer-involved shooting in Northwest DC
D.C. officials held a press conference Friday to release police worn body camera footage from an officer-involved shooting that happened on July 30 in Northwest leaving a 31-year-old man dead.
Metropolitan Police Department officials say they are not sure what prompted the officer to "gun" several times before firing his shot. Police are still investigating what led up to the shooting and whether any MPD policies were violated.
Police identified the officer involved as Fourth District Sergeant Reinaldo Otero-Camacho, a 17-year veteran of MPD. Officials say the officer has been placed on administrative leave.
Police say after the shooting, paramedics took Hargraves-Shird to an area hospital, where he was later pronounced dead. Police could not indicate how long it took authorities at the scene to render life-saving efforts to Hargraves-Shird.
According to MPD, a gun belonging to Hargraves-Shird was recovered at the scene of the officer-involved shooting. Police say three additional guns related to the incident were recovered near the scene of the first shooting.
The body camera footage from the officer involved in the shooting, shows a gun lying next to Hargraves-Shird's body after he was shot. Police say there is no video showing Hargraves-Shird holding the gun. Investigators are now conducting DNA analysis on the gun to confirm who it belonged to.
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Vigil for man shot and killed by DC police officer
The family of a man shot by D.C. police gathered Tuesday in the city to remember him. The shooting happened this past weekend and body camera footage has not been publicly released yet. FOX 5's Lindsay Watts reports on what we know so far.
The victim's older sister, Serena Hargraves and other members of the victim's family, who were present at the press conference, dispute what MPD officials said.
"You know how hard and devastating it is to sit there and get videos of them handcuffing my brother, and he’s bleeding profusely from the head? You know how hard that is for us? And we can’t even mourn correctly because we’re fighting the police, we’re fighting the media. It’s not okay," she said.
The family believes Hargraves-Shird was shot in the back of the head without warning, did not receive adequate life-saving aid in the immediate moments after the shooting, and was placed in an ambulance handcuffed after the shooting.
The family also claims that the object seen next to Hargraves-Shird's body was a cellphone and not a gun.
Mayor Muriel Bowser addressed the incident saying: "You heard the chief talk about a shooting of two juveniles in an area that has been plagued by violence. You heard a detailed description provided by a citizen of people who saw the shooting, who saw weapons discarded, and who saw people flee the scene. You saw police officers flee the scene. And so, it is the responsibility of this police department to make sure people who are using guns in this city are dealt with by MPD and the justice system."
Police say the incident is pending review by the D.C.'s U.S. States Attorney's Office. Police say after that investigation is completed, the MPD's Internal Affairs Bureau will also investigate the shooting.