Although prosecutors described the officers' actions as 'alarming', they said the two men should not face criminal charges.
Although prosecutors described the officers' actions as"alarming", they said the two men should not face criminal charges.Officers fire shots through patrol car windscreenPolice have released dramatic body camera footage of officers firing more than 70 shots at a suspect as they chased him in their vehicle through a busy residential area.
One of the officers is seen firing multiple shots through his own windscreen during the chase in Anaheim in California last July. That officer, who was driving the patrol car at the time, has now been sacked. His partner has been placed on leave. The suspect they were pursuing died from the injuries he received.But although prosecutors described the officers' actions as"alarming" and"irresponsible", they said they had"reasonably feared for their lives" and should not face criminal charges.
Officers Sean Staymates and Kevin Pedersen had been alerted by family members of 50-year-old Eliuth Nava that he was possibly armed, disturbed and under the influence of drugs. When the police encountered his truck, he refused to stop.As the pursuit unfolded, Pedersen, who was driving said he saw the suspect reach down into the vehicle and produce what appeared to be a handgun.
On the body camera recording, Pedersen can be heard in between volleys of gunfire warning his colleague of people and vehicles in their way. Staymates reaches for a rifle before opening fire out of the passenger window.
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