Chicago, IL
Body cam video shows police fatally shooting man in hostage situation near Ford City Mall
“My man simply shot me,” a lady tells a 911 operator in recordings launched Tuesday by the Civilian Workplace of Police Accountability. “Please come now. I have been shot in my neck. I am unable to really feel my arms.”
“You say he is gonna kill himself?” the operator asks the girl, who replies, “Yeah.”
After a second, the girl will be heard saying, “Child, I like you… Child, I like you.”
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COPA stated the April 3 incident started when Frank Campbell, 58, opened hearth inside an residence, hanging the girl and one other man in a “home state of affairs.”
Chicago cops entered the residence within the 4200 block of West Ford Metropolis Drive close to the Ford Metropolis Mall and located the girl mendacity on the bottom.
“Assist me please. He is within the again,” a lady tells officers as she lays on the ground with a gunshot wound to her neck, the movies present. She tells the officers her boyfriend’s title.
“Frank Campbell, come out along with your fingers up,” an officer says.
As police flip a nook, a wounded man will be seen mendacity in a darkish hallway, then flashes of gunfire as Campbell fires two photographs however would not hit anybody. The gunfire sends officers retreating into the hallway, the place they continued to talk with Campbell and awaited a SWAT crew.
Virtually two hours handed between the preliminary gunfire from Campbell and SWAT police opening hearth, fatally hanging Campbell. Though police physique cameras captured the preliminary capturing, the SWAT crew was not carrying cameras and the capturing that killed Campbell was solely partially recorded on physique cameras.
The officers’ cameras did document audio of the ultimate negotiations earlier than SWAT crew opened hearth and fatally struck Campbell.
“Lay the gun down and are available on out. Please. Come on man. I respect you,” a SWAT crew members says.
“No, do not try this Frank. Put the gun down,” an officer says earlier than a member of the SWAT crew raises a gun and fires a number of occasions, the video reveals. It is unclear if Campbell had raised his revolver, based on the video and paperwork shared by COPA.
Paramedics took Campbell to Christ Medical Heart in Oak Garden, the place he was pronounced lifeless.
The wounded man, 78, and lady, 48, have been each hospitalized in important situation, police stated on the time.
The officers concerned within the capturing have been positioned on administrative duties for a minimum of 30 days, per departmental coverage.
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