Dashcam Video Released In Fatal Oklahoma Shooting

[kellyhound]

Midwest City, OK - There are new developments in a deadly officer-involved shooting that
happened in Midwest City last October.

The DA cleared the officer who fired the shots, and released dash cam video that shows why the officer used deadly force.

The dash cam video is from the car of Midwest City Sgt. Scott Primo who assisted fellow officer James Hill on a burglary call during the early morning hours of October 5. They responded to a home in a neighborhood near Rose State College.

“The officers go around the back of the house,” said Oklahoma City District Attorney David Prater as he views the dash-cam video. The suspects notice the officers and they both hit the back fence.”From there the chase was on, with Officer Hill on the ground and Sgt. Primo in his car.

They all ended up on the Rose State College campus and Hill spotted 18-year-old Charles Pettit Jr. by a dumpster.

“And he began to yell, come up with your hands up, show me your hands show me your hands show me your hands,” said Prater,” You have two independent witnesses, Rose State employees, who were there at the time and heard and saw everything happen.”

Officer Primo's dash cam captured what happened next with Hill shooting at Pettit, and Pettit falling to the ground. It all happened in the blink of an eye.

But when you slow down the video you can see a pistol fall from Pettit's hand down to the ground.

Prater said it was stolen and fully loaded.“ Hill had two choices, he could have been murdered that moment Pettit was pointing a gun at his head or he could have used deadly force to defend himself,” said Prater. “And he used deadly force to defend himself thankfully.

”Pettit was still alive moments after the shooting but died days later at the hospital. Pettit’s partner in crime got away and is yet to be arrested or even identified.

[drahon45]

Slow the video down? The gun's sitting there on the ground basically the entire video, lol. Don't really think it's necessary to slow it down to see that.

[Mercurio]

A slow-motion recap of the few seconds that actually document the shooting would be nice. It kinda looks like the guy was holding up his hands as he came running from behind the container, but he apparently held up his gun, too.
I guess he didn't know that raising your hands only works as long as you don't still wave a gun around with them

[docfr8]

DA Cleared, Justified all the way.. That weapon fell from his possession.. If its stolen and loaded, he was going to use it to do dirt anyways.. FTS.. Good shooting

[Ninjavandal]

Crawling from the wreckage!

[proconn]

The guns dropped by the crim

[xm15e2s]

He dindu nuffin, He a good boy

[theblindguidedog]

It's one of the few videos, like this, that I've seen on here that, appears to be a justified shooting.

[alphawolf15]

Nice shooting

[DanteAntonelli]

He came up with his hands up and he was immediately shot at, I counted six shots fired at his back while he was running away and already falling down.

How can this shooting be self defense and justified when the perp had his back to him and had already dropped the gun, he was still being shot at when on the ground and disarmed.

Cops act exactly like Brazilian thugs, they keep on shooting when the lifeless body of a person is immobile on the ground, they should be wearing flip flops if you ask me.