COLUMBUS, Ohio — Surveillance video from a home in east Columbus shows the moments leading up to a suspect being fatally shot by police after he opened fire on two officers Saturday evening.
According to the Columbus Division of Police, the suspect, who has not yet been identified, fatally shot a woman before the officers’ arrival near the 4000 block of McAllister Avenue.
Footage from a nearby home shows two people coming out of a home and talking to a man after a woman is heard screaming, “Don’t touch me.”
One of the bystanders is heard saying, “I don’t know what going on, but chill out bro."
Video shows the man firing seven shots at the bystanders who run for cover. He then turns around out of frame and three more shots can be heard before a woman begins screaming.
Police arrived a short time later after being called to the area on a report of shots being fired. When they arrived at the intersection of McAllister Avenue and Lockwood Road, a neighbor nearby pointed officers in the direction of the shooting.
As the neighbor is seen talking to police, the two officers begin running toward the intersection. A shot can then be heard coming from the direction of the suspect.
One officer is seen holding up his gun and yelling at the man to put his hands up. Several shots were then fired by an officer who yelled, “Shots fired. Shots fired. He’s got a rifle,” into his radio.
Both officers take cover outside the home and slowly walk back toward the intersection with their guns drawn.
One officer is heard asking the other if he can see the suspect. The officer answers “no” seconds before firing three shots and ducking for cover as the suspect shoots his rifle.
The officers then ran for cover outside the neighbor’s house again.
The suspect was hit in the exchange of gunfire and taken to a hospital in critical condition where he later died.
No officers were injured in the shooting. Columbus Division of Police Chief Elaine Bryant said both officers have been with the division for one year.
Officers and medics who were still at the scene were directed to a house on Lockwood Road where they found a woman who was shot by the suspect before the officers’ arrival, police say. She was pronounced dead at the scene just before 7:20 p.m.
Further details about the shooting and the victim are unknown at this time.
The Ohio Bureau of Criminal Investigation is looking into the incident.