Daytona PD Shoot Ex Football Star Jermaine Green 5 Times

**kellyhound** · #1 ● 11-07-2013, 02:08 PM

Jermaine Green, 32, was shot in his home at least four times in the leg and once in the stomach. He has since recovered and is being held without bond.

"At the end of the day I am proud of those officers. They deserve to be commended," said Daytona Beach Police Chief Mike Chitwood.

Chitwood said his officers responded to a chaotic, imminent threat and handled it as they were trained to do. They saved a young woman's life in the process.

Officer Richard Maher's body camera shows Green holding his girlfriend at knife point in the doorway of a bedroom, then pulling her back, falling onto the bed with her on top of him.

Officer Kevin Connelly's camera picks up repeat warnings to Green -- commands to drop the weapon that Green ignores.

"Let her go, dude. Let her go let her go, man," the officers are heard saying. "I'm telling you right now."

"They saved that woman's life. Even in her interview, she admits that she thought he was going to kill her. She thought Jermaine Green was going to kill her that night," said Chitwood.

Green had the knife to girlfriend Katrina Johnson's throat. He lowered it to her chest, ready to stab her.

Chitwood said the Florida Department of Law Enforcement has already examined the video.

"They broke it down frame by frame, and there's a point in there where you can actually see the knife start to bend because he's pushing with that much force into her chest," he said.

Johnson saw a chance to move and rolled away a bit, but with the armed suspect still close enough to do harm, the officers fired.

"Do you stand there and let him stab her through the heart, or do you take action? And the officers had to take action, and I'm proud of them, and they did the right thing," said Chitwood.

Green was once a football standout at Spruce Creek High School in Port Orange and was signed by the New York Giants.

His aunt said he had mental health issues and a temper.