The originally released body camera video shows an officer approaching Young’s driver’s side window outside the Kroger and repeatedly telling her to get out of the car.Ī second officer, who is also wearing a body camera, then steps in front of the sedan. Young’s family and Walton have called for the officer who shot Young to be fired and criminally charged.īody camera video captures audio of police encounter “But we’re simply complying with our promise of transparency and our obligation to release public records as required by state law.” “We recognize that these (surveillance) videos will create more discussion and even anger by people who have passionate feelings for or against the officer’s actions,” the chief said. On Friday, Blendon Township Chief of Police John Belford said the shooting was a “tragic situation for everyone,” He said he assumed the officer believed he could not get out of the way of the vehicle quickly enough. “I understand why it could be justified but, again, I don’t make that decision,” Steel told reporters last week, referring to the shooting. Ta'kiya Young Courtesy Walton + Brown, LLP A weapon is also a 2,000-pound vehicle that somebody puts in gear and is driving at you.” The officers were victims of assault as the car moved, according to a police news release last week.īrian Steel, executive vice president of the Fraternal Order of Police Capital City Lodge #9, said after the initial body camera release, “A weapon is not just a firearm. The videos blur the faces of the two officers and their names have been redacted because of state law that affords victims the right to keep personally identifying information confidential, police said. The fact that an unarmed woman was shot unjustifiably, then dragged from her car and handcuffed after being shot should shock the conscience of everyone who watches the newly released video footage,” Walton said.Īuthorities on Friday also released longer versions of the body camera footage from the two officers involved. “What is clear is that petty theft does not justify murder and comply or die is not the rule of law in this country. Video from a Kroger surveillance camera shows a black car parked in a handicap spot as officers arrive. “What we witness on the video footage released today is more evidence of murder, a lack of urgency in providing trained medical care to a clearly pregnant and wounded woman,” the attorney for Young’s family, Sean Walton, said Friday in a statement to CNN. Young, who died at a hospital, was pregnant and the fetus did not survive, the Franklin County Coroner’s Office previously said. The video ends with the officers chasing after the car which has moved out of view of the camera. The vehicle then appears to slowly move forward. She is approached by two officers with one in front of the vehicle. Young is seen exiting the store and getting into the driver’s seat of a black Lexus parked in a handicap spot. Surveillance footage from outside of the store shows a different angle of the encounter with police. Young stands in line at the cash register before leaving with two other women, the video shows.Īlarms went off as the women exited the store, police said. Ohio police release video of fatal police shooting of pregnant 21-year-old Ta'Kiya Young Newly released police body camera footage shows a police officer firing seconds after a pregnant woman started driving slowly as he was in front of her car, after she was accused of shoplifting at an Ohio store.īlendon Township Ohio Police released the body camera video from two officers, including the officer that fired his weapon at Ta'kiya Young, who was pregnant at the time, and later died in the hospital. Portions of this image have been blurred by Blendon Township Police Department.
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