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Cedartown, GA - Body camera footage revealing the lead-up to the fatal shooting of a pet donkey named HeeHaw was released Friday after being admitted as evidence in a federal lawsuit against the Cedartown police officer who, moments after firing his gun, can be heard telling dispatchers: “Be advised, I just had to shoot a donkey.”

The footage is from the body camera worn by Officer Trenton Garner, who fired the shot that killed the miniature donkey in the early hours of Aug. 30, according to the lawsuit.

The footage depicts Garner walking behind two other officers, one of them holding the leash of a police tracking bloodhound, standing near the top of a small hill as they follow the trail of a 12-year-old girl who had gone missing a few hours earlier.

HeeHaw appears over the ridge and begins to walk quickly toward the officers, who proceed to back up. The donkey continues to approach the second officer while the third officer leads the bloodhound off to the side, out of the camera’s view.

As the second officer slowly backs up, he triggers his Taser into the air, possibly to scare the donkey away.

Garner, who stood a few feet to the right of the second officer, then draws his weapon and appears to fire a single shot at HeeHaw, who quickly walks away, turns once and drops onto the grass.

The footage submitted to court was more than six minutes long, with the shooting of HeeHaw occurring in the first 30 seconds. The remaining footage is of the officers and bloodhound continuing on in the search for the missing 12-year-old.

The officers also continue discussing the shooting in its aftermath.

According to the footage, one officer asks Garner either where the donkey was struck or why he shot the donkey, to which Garner responds, “I don’t know.”

Later, the officer who was about two feet from the donkey when the shot was fired said: “I thought the donkey was gonna kill me,” and Garner responds, “I know.”

HeeHaw’s owner Hannah Israel filed the federal lawsuit against Garner, asking for compensatory and punitive damages, citing unlawful entry and search, unreasonable seizure and destruction of property and deprivation of property, absent due process — all under the Fourth Amendment.

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Corona, CA - A pursuit in the City of Corona came to an abrupt end when police used the Grappler system to disable a suspect’s vehicle.

The chase occurred Oct. 2, when police were asked to assist in the pursuit of a suspected drunk driver who was driving recklessly and endangering the public while trying to evade officers, the Corona Police Department posted.

The department’s FLEX Team successfully grappled the vehicle less than a minute after arriving, according to the post.

“After a failed attempt to break free, the suspect surrendered and went to jail needing new tires,” police said.

The Police Department introduced its new Grappler pursuit-ending device in September after it was successfully used to stop a pursuit in late August.

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Kettering, OH - Officers made an arrest following an incident at a local gas station.

According to the Kettering Police Department, officers responded to a reported theft suspect being on Smithville Road near Forrer Boulevard around 11:15 a.m. on August 19.

Police say they were alerted to an alleged theft suspect who was driving a stolen Chevy Suburban in the area and then at a gas pump at the BP on South Smithville Road.

Officers were familiar with this vehicle from the day before when it fled from them, so they positioned their vehicles around it.

Police say the driver of the vehicle, later identified as Angelo Locurto, 22, heard police sirens and entered the stolen vehicle and tried to flee, ramming police vehicles in the process.

The Kettering Police Department says that officers standing by their vehicles were nearly hit, and other officers remained inside their vehicles while they were hit.

Police say Locurto continued to try to leave, when officers approached the vehicle and attempted to arrest him.

Officers say he refused to comply with their demands, so they broke the driver's side window, deployed a taser, and removed Locurto from the vehicle to arrest him.

Police say that during this, a gun was on the driver's seat in the car, which police later determined to be stolen.

Police say they also found suspected narcotics in the car, though the evidence has been sent to the laboratory to be inspected.

Locurto was charged with the following:

• Grand Theft of a Motor Vehicle
• Two counts of Obstructing Official Business
• Failure to Comply
• Failure to Comply
• Three counts of Assault on a Police Officer
• Having Weapons Under Disability
• Improper Handling of a Firearm in a Motor Vehicle
• Receiving Stolen Property

Locurto pleaded guilty on October 6 to the following charges:

• Grand Theft
• Failure to Comply
• Failure to Comply
• Assault on a Police Officer
• Receiving Stolen Property
• Receiving Stolen Property

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Crown Heights, NY - The NYPD released body camera footage showing the accidental discharge of an officer's service weapon inside a Brooklyn subway station, an incident that injured two officers and a bystander.

The shooting happened at approximately 4:34 p.m. Sept. 10 inside the Kingston Avenue-Throop Avenue A/C subway station in Crown Heights.

According to police, Officer Sherresse Tyler and her partner, Officer Wahed Newaz, were assigned to a foot post and standing in the mezzanine area of the station when Tyler unintentionally discharged one round from her service firearm.

Investigators said the bullet exited through the bottom of Tyler's holster and struck the ground, causing it to fragment. The resulting bullet fragments or debris injured Tyler in the left shin, Newaz in the left forearm and a civilian passerby in the left ear.

The civilian was taken by ambulance to NYC Health + Hospitals/Woodhull, where she was treated and released, authorities say. Both officers were transported to NYC Health + Hospitals/Kings County and were also treated and released.

The body camera footage shows Tyler and Newaz standing near the bottom of a stairwell when the gun discharges. A woman descending the stairs can be seen reaching toward her head at the moment the shot is fired.

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Providence, RI - Providence police bodycam footage shows a juvenile on a moped crashing head-on into a police cruiser last month.

According to police, officers responded to 160 Cranston St. for a report of several people dressed in black and allegedly carrying knives on Sept. 9.

One male juvenile was seen fleeing on a black moped, officials said.

As Providence police were apprehending people on Dodge Street, the juvenile on the moped was seen on bodycam footage fleeing police and speeding toward multiple officers.

Officers moved out of the way to avoid being struck, according to officials.

Police said the moped continued traveling the wrong way on Dodge Street and crashed head-on into a cruiser.

The cruiser was not moving at the time of the crash.

The juvenile was taken to Hasbro Children's hospital with minor injuries, according to officials.

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Henderson, NV - Henderson police have released new details and video footage following an officer-involved shooting that left a 48-year-old man dead after an hours-long multi-agency standoff near Eastern Avenue on Saturday night.

The suspect, identified by authorities as Ropati Tauiliili, died at the scene after two Henderson Police Department SWAT officers fired simultaneously, according to HPD Deputy Chief Marcos Aguirre.

The incident began around 3:45 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 3, when Henderson police officers were dispatched to a home in the 2000 block of Club Crest Way, near Warm Springs Road and Green Valley Parkway, for a report of a domestic disturbance. Investigators learned Tauiliili entered through the backyard, battered several family members, pointed a firearm at them, and fled before police arrived.

At approximately 8:08 p.m., Henderson dispatch received multiple 911 calls reporting gunfire. Responding officers found an adult woman suffering from two gunshot wounds. Officers transported her to a local hospital, where she was treated and released.

The niece of 48-year-old Tauiliili placed a 911 call shortly before the gunfire began.

“He hit me in the face multiple times. He also hit my boyfriend in the face multiple times. And pointed the rifle at us,” she said.

Minutes later, dispatch received another call reporting gunshots.

“I heard gunshots outside,” the caller said.

“And how many gunshots do you think you heard?” the dispatcher asked.

“Oh, a lot,” the caller said.

“How many is a lot, approximately? It’s okay,” the dispatcher said.

“Probably like 20, 15, 20, but it was like gunshots outside,” the caller said.

At some point, Tauiliili contacted his employer via text and a recorded phone call, stating he had shot at his family, refused to return to prison, and intended to force a fatal shootout with law enforcement, Aguirre said. Tauiliili had previously served approximately 15 years in prison following a 1997 murder conviction in Hawaii.

Police later found over 200 rifle casings at the scene.

Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department officers, along with LVMPD air and drone units, located Tauiliili inside a cul-de-sac at a cemetery near Eastern Avenue in Las Vegas.

Officers from Henderson police, Metro, and the Clark County Office of Public Safety established a perimeter and blocked surrounding roadways.

According to police, Tauiliili was randomly firing his gun for about an hour in multiple directions at responding officers, bystanders, police aircraft, drones, and nearby structures, including a vehicle bumper belonging to a civilian who retreated safely.

“Quiet, quiet, quiet...” one voice said in the video.

One woman was hit twice and survived.

The gunman called his boss, providing insight into his plans.

“I’m just waiting for the police to show up...I’m gonna shoot it out...I’m gonna make them shoot me,” he said.

Both Henderson officers hit the suspect, who died at the scene.

Police identified the officers as Julian Diaz, a full-time SWAT officer with the department since 2019, and Thomas Whitney, a patrol officer and part-time SWAT member also with the department since 2019.

This was the first officer-involved shooting for both officers, Aguirre said. Both have been placed on routine paid administrative leave pending the investigation.

Police said they recovered more than 130 shell casings from the crime scene. It remains unclear what set the suspect off.

No police officers or bystanders were injured.

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Bronx, NY - The New York Police Department on Friday released body-camera footage showing the first officers to arrive after a Dominican man was shot during an ICE-involved shooting in Marble Hill.

Officers said they responded to a 911 call for a man who had been shot and transported him to a hospital for medical care. The NYPD said Thursday that its officers were not involved in the shooting involving federal law enforcement agents.

In the footage, officers pull up moments after the shooting, with one saying a person has a gun. After they step out of their vehicle, bystanders can be heard shouting, “They shot him” and “ICE shot him,” while ICE officers handcuff 28-year-old Oscar Belgal as he sits on the ground.

NYPD officers then lift and carry Belgal to their vehicle before transporting him to the hospital. As they leave the area, officers repeatedly tell him to “put pressure” on his wound.

Federal officials later said Belgal was hit “superficially” in the neck by a bullet or bullet fragment.

Marcos Charles, the acting executive associate director for Homeland Security Investigations, said Belgal was driving with a 5-year-old boy inside his car when he refused to leave the vehicle, accelerated into two ICE vehicles and then drove toward officers.

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Cato, NY - New York State Police released body-worn camera footage showing a trooper rescuing a man trapped inside a sinking vehicle at a boat launch in Cayuga County.

Trooper Christopher Cady responded to Cross Lake Marina in the town of Cato around 2:35 p.m. Sunday for a report of a car in the water with a man trapped inside, according to state police.

Cady immediately entered the water and used a window punch to break the vehicle's sunroof.

With help from a nearby good Samaritan, Cady was able to free the man from the sinking vehicle.

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San Francisco, CA - The San Francisco Public Defender’s Office released police body camera video on Thursday showing officers beating a suspect last year, leaving him hospitalized and in intensive care, and accused officers and prosecutors of misconduct.

The violent arrest happened on Aug. 17, 2025, at an apartment on Sixth Street in the city’s South of Market area. The video shows officers approaching 33-year-old Kevon Gibson at an elevator, telling him to step out and that he was not under arrest. However, the officers immediately grab Gibson as he begins screaming and is taken to the ground.

During the struggle which continues for several minutes, each of the police officers is seen repeatedly punching and kicking Gibson, kneeling on his head, and pulling his hair. Gibson is heard yelling out that he can’t breathe during the struggle, and officers are also heard accusing Gibson of biting them.

According to the Public Defender’s Office, officers falsely claimed that Gibson had assaulted them by biting, punching, and wrapping a radio cord around an officer’s neck, claims later refuted by video evidence.

Gibson spent several days in the ICU before he was booked on charges of illegally possessing a gun and felony resisting arrest. Gibson was convicted of unlawful gun possession and misdemeanor resisting arrest for not exiting the elevator, but the jury acquitted him of felony resisting arrest.

An image from a San Francisco police officer’s body camera shows an officer punching Kevon Gibson as he is being restrained by other officers. San Francisco Public Defender’s Office

The Public Defender’s Office said that despite the jury rejecting the officers’ claims of assault, District Attorney Brooke Jenkins released a public statement acknowledging the officers’ arrest while omitting any mention of excessive force, Gibson’s hospitalization, or the dropped felony charges. The office also alleged that the DA’s Office tried to hide key evidence from the jury, and accused the officers involved of ignoring racist threats against Gibson by the original complainant, taunting one of Gibson’s neighbors, and mocking the pronunciation of his name.

“This was an egregious case where our client was violated brutally, and there was a misrepresentation of what happened in the trial, and I think San Franciscans want to know the truth about what happened,” Public Defender Mano Raju said at a press conference on Thursday. “And it’s our job as defenders to reveal truth and demand justice. Because there was a misrepresentation, the conduct was so egregious. We felt it incumbent upon us to let the community know, and the jurors were very, very upset with the misrepresentation of what happened in this case.”

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Kalamazoo, MI - Video footage shared moments leading up to a shooting that left a Kalamazoo County Sheriff’s deputy injured, followed by a car chase through three counties in July.

Jaylen Lispey was arraigned on July 20 on 14 counts, including assault with intent to murder, carjacking and disarming an officer. Lipsey appeared in court on Wednesday as his case was bound over to circuit court.

Video captured the struggle that officials say broke out between Lipsey and Deputy Kaleb Mortimer.

Deputies were called around 8:50 a.m. on July 17 for a report of a theft from a vehicle in progress on East AB Avenue, northwest of Richland.

Video appears to show Mortimer driving up to a discarded bike in the middle of the road and then finding a man running alongside the street. That man would later be identified by police as Lipsey.

Mortimer tells Lipsey to stop repeatedly.

“I’m not breaking the law bro. I don’t have to stop,” Lipsey can be heard saying in the video.

The deputy then gets out of the cruiser with a taser in hand, telling Lipsey to stop again.

Lipsey can then be heard saying “come on, man” and runs from the deputy. Lipsey then stopped as Mortimer ordered him to the ground.

“One at taser point” Mortimer can be heard saying into his radio as he proceeds to handcuff Lipsey.

“Why are you being a [expletive] to me, bro?” Lipsey said repeatedly.

He then began calling for help as Mortimer struggled to get a hold of the man’s free arm.

The two began to struggle further.

“I was giving you my other hand, [expletive],” Lipsey said, before bodycam footage was redacted for ten minutes.

Police say in court records that Lipsey overpowered Mortimer and reached for his gun. The gun was fired amid the struggle, hitting Mortimer in the inner thigh. Police say Lipsey stepped back and attempted to shoot the deputy in the head, but the gun malfunctioned.

Dash cam video redacted the start of the altercation. 10 seconds later, Lipsey skipped towards the cruiser and tossed the gun.

Moments later, dash cam video showed the cruiser speeding away with the deputy left at the side of the road. A call that an officer had been shot could be heard through the radio in the cruiser as the vehicle starts driving through Barry and Allegan counties.

Video appears to show Lipsey swerving between vehicles.

“Police cruiser has been stolen,” can be heard over the radio in the dash camera video. Radio chatter can be heard authorizing Michigan State Police troopers and Kalamazoo County deputies to chase after the vehicle as it makes its way down westbound M-89.

Video appears to show Lipsey speeding down the center line as he approached Downtown Plainwell. Traveling down 10th Street and Douglas Avenue, the cruiser narrowly missed a partial roadblock in Cooper Township

The cruiser appeared to dodge a spike strip twice as the chase entered Kalamazoo Township. The vehicle then turned onto the US-131 business loop. Lipsey appeared to drive onto West Main, swerving past police and civilian vehicles heading towards downtown.

At one point, Lipsey almost hit a Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety Officer opening their cruiser door. The cruiser drove into the wrong lane of traffic at times and misses another spike strip near Downtown Kalamazoo at the intersection of W. Michigan Avenue and N. Westnedge Avenue.

The chase continued through side streets and business parking lots, but as the cruiser turned onto Lake Street, a deputy hit the cruiser, pushing it towards a white van.

Court documents said Lipsey did not get out of the car and had to be removed by force.

Mortimer was later released from the hospital following the shooting. Kalamazoo County Sheriff’s Office did not respond by the deadline to an inquiry about his current work status with the agency.

Lipsey is expected back in court later this month for a pre-trial hearing.

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Olympia, WA - Two suspects are in custody after a home invasion in Olympia Friday morning, including one man who was caught after trying to get away from Thurston County deputies on a bicycle.

According to the Thurston County Sheriff’s Office, two suspects broke into a home, assaulted a homeowner, stole property and fled.

Olympia police arrested one of the suspects, but the second got away.

Later Friday, Thurston County deputies located the second suspect at a 7-Eleven near Martin Way and Lilly Road around 10:30 p.m.

Dashcam video released by the sheriff’s office shows deputies arriving in the parking lot as the suspect begins riding away on a bicycle. An officer can be heard ordering the suspect to stop and warning that a police dog would be deployed.

The video shows the suspect riding past law enforcement vehicles as deputies pursue him through the parking lots of the convenience store, a restaurant, and a bank.

About 90 seconds after the pursuit began, the video shows officers catching up with the suspect after he fell from the bicycle on a sidewalk. He was then taken into custody.

The man was booked on suspicion of burglary, robbery and assault. He also had a felony Department of Corrections escape warrant.

Both suspects remained in custody over the weekend and are expected to face a judge after the weekend.

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Cambridge, MA - Body camera video shows a man getting out of his car and pointing a gun at police in Cambridge, Massachusetts, in August before officers shot and killed him. Following an inquest, a judge ruled the officer's actions were justified.

Half a dozen shots rang out in Cambridge on Friday, Aug. 21, leaving 64-year-old William Woodworth dead. The police shooting prompted an investigation by the state.

Cambridge police were responding to a call for an idling car in a parking lot on Temple Street, when an interaction with one of the people involved turned deadly in less than 60 seconds.

Two officers were speaking with a man and woman while Officer Donald Conrad approached the driver in the car, later identified as Woodworth.

Conrad told state investigators in recorded interviews that this area is known for illegal drug activity.

"I saw the smoke coming out of the car as soon as he rolled down the windows. I say something to the extent of you can't be smoking crack in here," Conrad said. "I asked Mr. Woodworth if he could step out of the car and he kind of blows me off a little bit and I reiterate to do me a favor and step out of the car."

Body camera video released on Friday by the Middlesex district attorney showed Woodworth opening the car door while at the same time he reached under the driver's seat and pulled out a gun. On the driver's side of the car was Conrad's partner.

"And then the person came out the car and there was a firearm in my face," Officer David Kerns recalled. "I just got my hands up as fast as I could. I believe I grabbed like his forearm wrist area and I just … it's weird because time felt like it stood still, but everything was happening so fast."

That's when Conrad fired several shots at Woodworth, and a third officer, James Nestor, fired a round as well.

"At that moment I was concerned that Officer Kerns was going to get shot point-blank. I guess I fell back on training. If there's a life in danger, there was a threat. We had to neutralize the threat in the moment," Nestor said.

"I'm worried he's going to blow my partner's head off. I already told him 'don't do that' or 'drop it.' That was the only de-escalation that was feasible at the moment or else Officer Kerns might not be here right now," Conrad said.

Cambridge police attempted medical aid to Woodworth, who was pronounced dead at the scene. The medical examiner said he died from five gunshot wounds.

Lethal force by Cambridge police was determined to be reasonable and justified by a judge.

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Indian River, FL - A distracted driver narrowly missed two deputies when they crashed into the back of a patrol car blocking a roadway Monday.

Deputies with the Indian River County Sheriff's Office say two deputies were blocking a lane while a disabled vehicle was loaded onto a tow truck around 11:30 p.m.

The driver reportedly slammed into the back of a patrol vehicle before continuing into a ditch.

Video from the scene shows the vehicle coming within five feet of "seriously injuring or killing our deputy," per IRCSO.

The driver, whose identity has not been released at this time, was taken to a trauma center with non-life-threatening injuries.

Neither deputy was injured, and no criminal charges are pending at this time.

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West Hartford, CT - Connecticut’s Office of Inspector General has released new details about an officer-involved shooting in Hartford with a suspect wanted in a Middletown homicide, including bodycam and dashcam video from West Hartford police.

According to investigators, the incident took place on Sept. 29 after Middletown police issued a lookout for a black Subaru Outback they believed was driven by homicide suspect Barrington Brown.

West Hartford police received a Flock camera alert for the car around 10:48 p.m. and it was located near New Park Avenue and Oakwood Avenue in West Hartford.

Police followed the vehicle and deployed stop sticks, which only deflated one tire.

Investigators said the Subaru then drove to Flatbush Avenue in Hartford, where Hartford police joined the pursuit. West Hartford Police Officer Christian Montesdeoca was following immediately behind the Subaru.

Authorities said while Brown was driving, he opened the door twice and fired three shots at Montesdeoca.

After the third shot was fired, investigators said Montesdeoca returned fire through the windshield of his cruiser.

Brown then exited the Subaru and fled on foot between homes on Flatbush Avenue.

Three West Hartford officers and several Hartford officers, pursued him on foot.

While running between homes, Brown allegedly approached a running Acura with a 17-year-old driver and a 19-year-old passenger.

Investigators said Brown threatened the two with his gun and ordered them to get out the car.

While trying to get out through the passenger side, the 17-year-old suffered a gunshot wound to his rear. Authorities said it is unclear whether the teen was struck by a bullet fired by Brown or by officers.

Brown then got into the Acura and attempted to drive away, investigators said. Three West Hartford officers, Montesdeoca, Sergeant Raymond Narciso, and Officer Amber Prose each fired their weapons at Brown from behind a nearby fence.

According to investigators, Brown then exited the vehicle, raised his hands and surrendered. A handgun was recovered next to the Acura and taken as evidence.

Brown was shot in the shoulder area and treated at Hartford Hospital. He was later arrested by Middletown police, released from the hospital and arraigned on charges related to the Middletown homicide investigation.

The injured teenager was treated at Connecticut Children’s Medical Center and released the following morning.

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Twin Falls, ID - Body camera footage from a deadly officer-involved shooting in Twin Falls has been released publicly for the first time.

The Twin Falls Police Department published several perspectives of body camera video worn by officers during a confrontation that turned deadly on April 29.

Video shows police attempted to serve a felony arrest warrant to 29-year-old Colton Copeland Foster, who refused instructions and can be seen holding a knife.

"Drop the knife! Colton, you're under arrest, drop the knife," officers can be heard saying in the footage.

Police Chief Matthew Hicks said officers worked to resolve the situation before using deadly force.

"Officers directed him to drop the knife more than 40 times," Hicks said.

Officers attempted non-lethal methods first. At that point, Copeland Foster jumped over a fence into an adjoining property, where he was stopped by another officer and a K9 unit. The bodycam footage then shows the moments Copeland Foster — still holding the knife — started moving erratically toward the officers, who fired their weapons in response.

Deputy Chief Gassert said the department wanted the public to understand the full scope of the encounter.

"We wanted to show that our officers went above and beyond spending over an hour to try and communicate with him," Gassert said.

The Critical Incident Task Force investigation, led by the Cassia County Sheriff's Office, found the officers' actions were legal and justified.

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Jacksonville, FL - Police in Florida blew up the front door to an apartment to arrest a man wanted for murder who had been on the run for three years.

The arrest occurred last week in Jacksonville and was the culmination of a multi-state manhunt involving multiple law enforcement agencies, according to the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office.

Jacksonville Sheriff’s officials said that their SWAT Team, along with the U.S. Marshals Fugitive Task Force and the Atlanta Police Department, located the suspect — Jonathan Soto — at an apartment complex last Wednesday.

With help from the JSO Unmanned Aerial Systems Unit, authorities were able to surround the apartment Soto was hiding in.

Since he refused to exit, officials elected to use an energetic charge to force the door open, JSO said on social media.

Video posted by the sheriff’s office shows the moments the door is blown open, including a slow-motion replay, and when Soto exits the unit with his hands on his head. Per JSO, he surrendered and was arrested on the fugitive warrant for murder and possession of a firearm.

“Three years on the run from Atlanta. It ended in Jacksonville,” JSO said.

Soto, 43, was listed among the Atlanta Police Department’s most wanted criminals. He was being sought in connection with a shooting that took place outside a club in February 2023 that left one of the club’s co-owners dead.

He had been considered by authorities to be armed and dangerous while on the run.

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San Antonio, TX - Dashcam footage shows a Refugio man driving away from state law enforcement and crashing through a gate at the San Antonio International Airport.

Brandon Christopher Figueroa, 25, was the target of a Texas Department of Public Safety traffic stop near Loop 410 and Babcock Road on Aug. 22.

The early-morning encounter turned into a vehicle pursuit that took troopers through various parts of the city before Figueroa crashed.

Footage shows Figueroa driving a 2012 Chrysler through a large gate off Jones Maltsberger Road and into the airport runway. The collision disabled the vehicle.

Video shows Figueroa exiting the vehicle with troopers pointing weapons at him as they asked him to surrender.

Figueroa was arrested on the airport runway, and records show he was booked into the Bexar County Adult Detention Center later that day.

Bexar County court records state Figueroa faces multiple third-degree felonies related to the vehicle pursuit:

• Evading arrest with vehicle
• Unlawful possession of a firearm by a felon
• A drug possession charge
• Tampering with physical evidence with intent to impair
• Criminal mischief

Figueroa was also charged with criminal trespassing with a deadly weapon, a Class A misdemeanor. He remains jailed on a $59,500 bond.

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Palestine, AR - The Palestine Police Department has released body camera video that shows the moments leading up to the fatal shooting of two dogs in front of their owners.

The shooting happened back in July, and earlier this month the officer involved was charged with assault in the first-degree.

Haley Smallwood said Officer Harold Holland was at her home while her ex-husband retrieved some of his belongings and was told multiple times there were dogs inside.

Officer Holland claimed the Rottweiler and pit bull were being aggressive, but Smallwood said that was not the case.

AR woman says ‘trigger-happy’ cop killed pets in front of her In the video, you can see the Rottweiler escape from a nearby bedroom when a door is left open.

The officer, who had been talking to Smallwood, fired about eight shots—first at the Rottweiler and then at a pit bull that followed the other dog out of the room. The footage also shows Smallwood reaching for the Rottweiler right before it’s shot.

“He didn’t even give me time, you know, to grab Max. And, you know, everybody can see that in the video. There’s been a lot of people saying it’s AI, and it’s not real and all that. Oh, it’s very real. It was very real. It’s something I’ll never forget,” said Smallwood.

Smallwood was standing right behind her Rottweiler and said she could have been struck by a bullet.

“I’ve seen screenshots that people have put online, you know, of the exact moment right before he shot. You know, how close I was, you know, my hand being on Max, he could have easily shot me,” Smallwood said.

In the video, a family friend asks Officer Holland if the dog bit him. Holland said no, but said the dog came at him, and he wasn’t going to stand there and let that happen.

“He did not have to shoot Max that many times. None of it makes sense to me. I just feel like he had it in his mind that if he saw a dog, he was going to shoot it,” Smallwood said. “That is my fault for allowing him to come into my home. I definitely learned my lesson there. I’ll tell you that.”

Smallwood said three of her other children and her godchildren were also inside her home when the dogs were shot, and in the video, you can hear children crying. Her ex-husband was Inconsolable after the dogs were killed.

After the shooting, the St. Francis County Sheriff’s Office was called in to investigate the incident.

The sheriff’s office said it turned its findings over to the prosecuting attorney, who determined the charge.

Palestine Police Chief Jeff Nichols said Officer Holland is still employed with the Police Department.

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St. Petersburg, FL - The killing of a 48-year-old man who died after St. Petersburg police shocked him with a Taser multiple times and restrained him on the ground was “excusable” under Florida law, a Pinellas County Sheriff’s Office investigation recently found.

Brian Michael Pepal died last month during a struggle with officers who conducted a wellness check at his home. The sheriff’s office investigated the death as part of the Pinellas County Use of Deadly Force Investigative Task Force and shared its findings during a news conference Monday afternoon.

Sheriff Bob Gualtieri played body camera footage of what he called a “knockdown, drag-out” fight, which showed Pepal swing his fists and push both officers before they fired Tasers and brought him to the ground. The sheriff told reporters that the officers didn’t mean to kill Pepal.

“The officers, under these circumstances there’s no doubt, would have been legally justified in using deadly force at this point, but they showed great restraint in defending themselves by using less lethal force,” Gualtieri said.

Shortly before 11 a.m. on Aug. 22, Pepal’s stepmother flagged down a St. Petersburg police sergeant and asked for help. She told police her son was experiencing a mental health crisis at his apartment in the 7200 block of Fifth Street North. Earlier that morning, he had been knocking on doors in another neighborhood where he used to live, saying he was “looking for pedophiles,” according to the sheriff.

“He also threatened to use a machete to cut off a neighbor’s head earlier that morning,” Gualtieri said.

When police arrived for a welfare check, Pepal came out and “violently attacked officers,” the sheriff said.

Body camera footage shows Pepal opening the door, saying “where is the police department?” and walking toward the two officers before punching one of them in the head. Pepal then pushed each officer into the sides of two cars with enough force to dent the vehicles, Gualtieri said.

Both officers began firing Tasers at Pepal, the body cam footage shows.

One officer, identified as Daniel Poveda, appeared to instruct the other officer, Tammy Craig, to continue firing her Taser at Pepal, saying: “You got to keep popping him, you just keep popping him,” the footage shows.

The officers could be heard telling Pepal to put his arms behind his back. He cried for help. After a continued struggle, officers forced Pepal’s arms behind him into handcuffs. They further restrained him by crossing his legs toward his back.

Streaks of blood were visible on the pavement beneath him. Shortly after Pepal stopped moving, the body camera footage ended.

Officers realized Pepal had stopped breathing and began lifesaving measures, including CPR, until paramedics arrived and took him to a hospital, Gualtieri said.

Pepal was pronounced dead at 12:04 p.m. An autopsy listed his manner of death as homicide and his cause of death as “traumatic asphyxiation with contributing conditions of restraint, coronary atherosclerosis, obesity, and schizophrenia,” according to Gualtieri.

The medical examiner found marijuana in Pepal’s system.

Gualtieri said the medical examiner’s office determined that a combination of Pepal’s face-down position on the ground, underlying health conditions and pressure applied by Poveda’s knee on his shoulder restricted his breathing.

“There was nothing on his neck, nothing anywhere near his neck,” Gualtieri said. “It was only on his shoulder as he was there trying to keep him on the ground as Pepal was moving about.”

The sheriff added that Pepal’s death was considered an “excusable homicide” under Florida law. If officers had intended to use deadly force, he said, it would have been considered “justifiable homicide.”

The Pinellas-Pasco State Attorney’s Office does not intend to file charges related to the incident.