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‘Tragedy for everyone involved’: DC police release bodycam footage of fatal police shooting – WTOP News
Newly released bodycam footage shows the moments a D.C. police officer fatally shot a man on Jan. 24 on North Capitol Street.
Newly released body camera footage shows the moments a D.C. police officer fatally shot a man who police said minutes earlier had attacked a paramedic and then escaped an the ambulance taking him to a hospital.
During a Wednesday evening news conference, Executive Assistant Chief of Police Jeff Carroll said 41-year-old Clifford Brooks, of Northeast D.C., charged at the officer with a “metal object” before the officer fired six shots.
Age-restricted video of the shooting, which happened onJan. 24 near the intersection of North Capitol Street and New York Avenue, is below:
“Any death is tragic, especially in a circumstance like this, when the officer spent so much time trying to work with the individual and get them the help that he needed,” Carroll said. “It’s a very difficult situation and obviously the goal is always to try to de-escalate and to safely get that person the help that they need.”
Carroll said the incident started around 6:40 a.m. on Jan. 24 in the 2500 block of Benning Road Northeast, where police encountered Brooks “in crisis.” Officers de-escalated the situation and Brooks got into an ambulance.
On the way to the hospital, around 9:23 a.m., Carroll said Brooks became combative and attacked a paramedic that was riding in the back of the ambulance, pinning the paramedic to a wall. The paramedic was able to slip out the side door of the ambulance, and Carroll said Brooks followed outside into the 1300 block of North Capitol Street Northeast.
That’s when officers who were following the ambulance got out of their squad cars to assist.
“While outside of the ambulance, the individual pushed one of the officers several times in an attempt to resist from being placed back into the ambulance,” Carroll said. “The officer attempted to stop the assaultive behavior by deploying OC spray and giving verbal commands.”
Carroll said the pepper spray “did not take effect,” and Brooks ran from the officers, crawling under a truck that was stopped in traffic and emerging with a “metal object” clutched in his hand.
“The involved officer and the witness officer gave multiple commands to the individual to drop it. The individual refused, and ran toward the involved officer with the object raised,” Carroll said.
That’s when the officer fired six shots, striking Brooks, who fell to the ground and dropped the object, Carroll said.
Brooks was pronounced dead on the scene and the metal object was recovered from the scene. Carroll said the object appears to be some sort of metal gauge or tire gauge.
“I think it’s a very tragic situation. An individual who’s obviously in a mental health crisis, it’s tragic for him, it’s tragic for his family, it’s tragic for the community, the officers that are involved,” Carroll said. “It’s a terrible outcome overall and I think it’s a tragedy for everyone involved.”
The officer who shot Brooks is a 31-year veteran who serves as a crisis intervention officer and a member of the department’s Emergency Response Team’s Auxiliary Negotiator Unit, which Carroll said requires extensive training.
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DES MOINES, Iowa (Gray Media Iowa State Capitol Bureau) — One hundred and twenty members of the Iowa National Guard are leaving Friday for Washington, D.C., where they will assist with security measures and America 250 celebrations at the request of the Trump administration.
Reynolds initially said no
Gov. Kim Reynolds said she had previously declined the Trump administration’s request, citing the strain of one of the state’s largest recent deployments.
“They asked earlier, and I said no because we had one of the largest deployments that we’ve had for a long, long time and I just felt that we were stretched pretty thin,” Reynolds said.
Nearly 2,000 Iowa National Guard members had spent a year or more deployed to the Middle East. Those soldiers have since returned home.
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With those troops back, Reynolds said Iowa was in a position to fulfill the president’s request.
“We have them all back. They circled back, especially with everything that’s going on with the 250th uh birthday uh of our country. And so we were able to participate and do our share,” Reynolds said.
Different states have sent National Guard members to Washington, D.C., since last August.
Reynolds said the federal government will pay the costs of Iowa’s deployment to Washington, D.C.
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WASHINGTON – Metro riders are seeing changes Thursday morning as WMATA adjusts its shuttle bus system following concerns about long lines and confusion tied to the Red Line summer shutdown.
Express shuttles to North Bethesda will now only pick up on Wisconsin Avenue near the Trader Joe’s. Local shuttles serving Bethesda, Medical Center and Grosvenor have been moved to the Friendship Heights Metro station, while some regular Metrobus routes are picking up on Western Avenue.
Red Line Shuttle Service Updates
• Local shuttle boarding will be relocated to Bus Bay K – the current C83/D96 bus stop on Wisconsin Ave.
• C83 and D96 buses will be relocated to the bus shelter on Western Ave near Wisconsin Ave.
• Express shuttle boarding will remain in the 5300 block of Wisconsin Ave NW.
What we know:
FOX 5’s Melanie Alnwick says Red Line riders say the shutdown has added time to their commute, though many are trying to stay positive. The shuttles connect North Bethesda and Friendship Heights through September 6, when Purple Line construction is expected to wrap up.
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The workaround relies on dedicated shuttle bus lanes along northbound and southbound Wisconsin Avenue/355 and up to Rockville Pike. But truck drivers, delivery drivers and passenger vehicles have been stopping or parking in those lanes, forcing shuttles to go around and slowing traffic.
Metro and Montgomery County police have increased enforcement to keep the lanes clear. Metro Transit Police say they asked more than 60 drivers to move out of the bus lanes in the first days of the shutdown.
Metro is also adding about 100 parking spaces at Friendship Heights in the former Lord & Taylor garage. Some Montgomery County riders are opting for the MARC train downtown instead.
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The Source: Information in this article comes from WMATA and previous FOX 5 reporting.
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