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Anchorage, Alaska, United States
Alaska's News Source reviewed home surveillance video of the final moments of 34-year-old Kristopher Handy's life before he was shot and killed by Anchorage police officers early Monday which paints a different picture, as compared to how the shooting was described by the Anchorage Police Department.
Police said they were called to the apartment on the 7100 block of Bearfoot Drive around 2:15 a.m. Monday for a disturbance in one of the units between Handy and a woman.
In a 33-second surveillance video obtained by Alaska's News Source and timestamped beginning at 2:38 a.m., Handy can be seen walking toward the front of the building, yelling obscenities and holding a long gun by his side.
A police loudspeaker can be heard, in part, addressing Handy.
“Anchorage Police Department. Come out ... Kristopher Handy. Put your hands in the air ... Hands up.”
Handy is seen walking down a short flight of stairs, his body illuminated by light from the apartment complex.
He stops and faces police with the gun still visible, pointed downward at his right side. He doesn't appear to raise the gun in the video that was provided to Alaska's News Source.
At least 10 shots can be heard as Handy immediately collapsed to the ground, where his body laid, according to neighbors, for several hours.
The video is in contrast with the narrative Anchorage Police Department gave to reporters on Monday morning in a news conference.
According to police, the officers approached the apartment in two teams, and Handy “raised a long gun towards the officers” before they fired their guns at him.
“Four officers discharged their weapons, striking the adult male once in the upper body — at least once in the upper body,” Chief Designee Bianca Cross said during a Monday media briefing.
After watching the video, Alaska's News Source reporters requested an interview with Anchorage police, pointing out that the surveillance video does not appear to show Handy raising his gun toward officers.
Thursday afternoon police released a statement, in part, saying “We take all OIS incidents very seriously. It is important to us to notify the public in a timely manner when an OIS occurs and to give a synopsis of events as we know them to be at the time. During the press conference we gave the morning of the shooting, we made a statement that was based on the initial account of a witness. Part of that witness' version was that the suspect had raised a long gun towards the officers. As true in all cases, as the investigation progresses and more information is obtained, the more we understand the circumstances surrounding the event. Sometimes what we learn matches what we initially believed to be true and sometimes the facts that develop take the investigation in an entirely new direction.
“Video is prevalent today. It is easy to believe that video tells the entire story however that assumption is untrue. It's important to remember that video does not capture many details to include what happened before the video was activated, what happened after the video was terminated, and what happened outside the view of the camera. It also does not capture the human element of those involved to include their perception, what they see, what they hear, and what they know.
“We understand there may be questions due to the circulating video. This is an ongoing investigation, and our involved officers deserve due process. After the Office of Special Prosecutions (OSP) has concluded the criminal portion of the investigation, and APD's Internal Affairs has concluded the procedural portion, we will be able to address any outstanding questions.”
When asked for an on-camera interview Thursday, an APD spokesperson responded that the department will not be granting any interviews, “as the criminal investigation is ongoing by OSP (Office of Special Prosecutions).”
Alaska's News Source spoke with a woman — who wished to remain anonymous — who says she posted the video online at the request of Handy's family.
“I had very clear camera footage that shows him from the bottom of the steps, going down the deck, going down the steps, and standing at the end of our sidewalk that shows that no point in that timing did he point that gun, so it was disheartening to hear that they felt the need to lie,” the anonymous neighbor said.
Neighbors said police had been called to Handy's apartment several times over the years for various disturbances.
A search of online court records shows that Handy had several criminal charges, including assault charges in June 2023 to which he pled guilty, and a misdemeanor criminal mischief charge in August 2023, which was pending at the time of Handy's death.
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Los Angeles, California, United States
On May 2, 2024, at 10:58 a.m., Olympic Division uniformed officers responded to a radio call at an apartment in the 400 block of South Gramercy Place to assist the Los Angeles County Department of Mental Health (DMH) who were attempting to place an individual, later identified as 40-year-old Yong Yang into custody.
The officers met with DMH personnel outside the residence who indicated that the DMH were called to the scene due to Yang's erratic and threatening behavior. The officers were also advised that Yang did not live at the location, and had attempted to assault one of the DMH employees when they attempted to speak with him. Based on their assessment, DMH determined Yang was a danger to others.
In their efforts to assist DMH personnel, the officers requested additional units, a supervisor, and notified the Department's Mental Evaluation Unit. Several attempts were made to communicate with Yang and encourage him to exit the residence; however, he refused. After formulating a plan and obtaining a key to the residence, the officers ascended a narrow staircase leading to the front door. The officers announced their presence and then utilized the key to open the front door. As they did so, Yang was observed standing in the living room several feet away, armed with a large kitchen knife. Moments later, Yang advanced toward the officers and an Officer Involved Shooting occurred.
Yang was struck by gunfire, dropped the knife, and was taken into custody without further incident.
Los Angeles Fire Department personnel responded to the scene and pronounced Yang deceased.
No officers or other community members were injured during this incident.
An eleven-inch kitchen knife with a six-inch blade was recovered at scene.
https://www.lapdonline.org/newsroom/officer-involved-shooting-in-olympic-division-nrf024-24bb-km/
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Anchorage police have named the armed man shot and killed by officers early Monday during a confrontation outside a Sand Lake apartment complex.
Relatives of 34-year-old Kristopher K. Handy have been notified of his death, police said in an updated statement Tuesday.
Original story:
Anchorage police responding to a domestic dispute early Monday shot and killed a man after they say he raised a gun at them.
No one else was injured, according to an Anchorage Police Department statement.
Police say officers were called to the Sand Lake area around 2:15 a.m. for reports of a disturbance between a man and a woman in an apartment on the 7100 block of Bearfoot Drive. As officers headed to the scene, dispatchers received word that the man had left the apartment complex carrying a long gun, according to the police statement.
“Several officers arrived and formed two approach teams,” the statement said. “As they advanced towards the apartment complex on foot, the adult male raised a long gun towards the officers. Four officers discharged their weapons, striking the adult male at least once in the upper body.”
Police say officers immediately provided first aid, with medics taking over when they arrived, but the man died at the scene. His name was not immediately available as police notify his family.
Several APD vehicles were still outside the apartment complex at midday Monday, including the department's crime-scene RV. Police tape marked off the carport and parking area in front of the complex, with a few evidence markers on parked police vehicles and on the ground just outside the tape.
Police said in their statement that the state Office of Special Prosecutions is reviewing the shooting to determine whether officers' use of force was justified. APD Internal Affairs will then review the shooting for any violations of police policy.
At a brief news conference Monday morning, APD Chief Bianca Cross said officers at the scene were wearing body cameras, but the footage from them will not be publicly available until the investigation is completed. She said other details, including the relationship between the man and woman in the dispute and any prior police contacts with the man, were still under investigation.
This is the first time Anchorage officers who have shot and killed a person during a police response were wearing body cameras under a new department policy. Voters approved the purchase of the cameras in spring 2021, but it took more than two years for the police department to implement a policy and start outfitting officers with them.
The four officers who fired on the man have been placed on administrative leave for four days, in accordance with APD policy. They will be identified in three days.
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Original video:
NYC, New York, United States
March 8, 2024
Queens police have shot and killed man after he allegedly stabbed a woman during a house party on Friday evening, police said.
According to NYPD Chief of Departmen Jeffrey Maddrey, officers from the 112th Precinct rushed to a 911 call reporting a domestic dispute at 99-44 62nd Ave. in Rego Park at around 6:53 p.m. on March 8. Four cops rushed into the building and scaled a flight of stairs to the second floor where they were apparently immediately charged at by a 46-year-old man wielding a knife.
“They yell to the male, ‘Drop the knife!' The male charges the officers. The sergeant discharges his taser while two officers discharged their weapons,” Cheif Maddrey said.
Maddrey reported that cops fired about four shots before attempting to revive the assailant while awaiting EMS. Sources familiar with the investigation said the wounded man was rushed to Elmhurst Hospital, where he was pronounced dead.
Upon further investigation, police said the man had stabbed a 43-year-old woman twice during some kind of party. The victim apparently rushed out of the room holding her stomach as another person attempted to hold the front door closed to prevent the attacker from giving chase. The woman is recovering in a local hospital.
The party was apparently intended for families and young children. Police are still probing why the attacker went on the rampage.
Chief Maddrey called the incident fast-paced and dynamic.
“As soon as they walk out the staircase a male is charging at them with a knife,” Maddrey said. “They fired their weapon.”
https://www.amny.com/new-york/queens-police-shooting-march-8-2024/
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Original video:
Long Beach, California, United States
A person was fatally shot by Long Beach police on Wednesday because he was allegedly brandishing a firearm.
It happened sometime at around 4:20 p.m., when officers were called to MacArthur Park, located at 14th Street and Gundry Avenue, after receiving reports that someone there was possibly in possession of a gun, according to a statement from LBPD.
Officers arrived and found a man that fit the description, and upon contact saw that he did allegedly have a gun.
They say that the man was brandishing a firearm and failed to comply with their demands to drop the weapon, which led them to open fire.
The suspect was taken to a nearby hospital by Long Beach Fire Department paramedics, where he later died.
On Thursday, he was identified as 46-year-old Los Angeles man Donald Washington by the Los Angeles Department of Medical Examiner.
No one else was injured in the incident. Officers recovered a gun from the scene.
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Kentwood, Michigan, United States
Police video shows an unmarked Michigan State Police SUV hit a man as he ran from officers in Kentwood last month, followed by Samuel Sterling crying out in pain and officers telling him to lie still and breathe while EMTs were on their way. Sterling, 25, of Grand Rapids, died hours after the crash.
Michigan State Police on Friday afternoon released about 15 minutes of video on YouTube, calling it a “representative sample” of what happened.
“There are multiple variations of these videos due to the number of officers on-scene, but the videos being released are the most relevant and comprehensive,” MSP said in a release. “Redactions have been made to conceal the identity of undercover officers and unaffiliated individuals.”
There are three body camera videos and one dashboard camera video. MSP said they came from a trooper, a Grand Rapids police officer and a Wyoming police officer. MSP said that the detective sergeant who was driving the SUV was not wearing a body camera because he was assigned to a federal task force and the unmarked car did not have a dashcam.
Parents Andrica Cage and Michael Sterling and their attorney were shown the video by state police Friday morning before it was released to the public. They argue police didn't respond quickly enough to their son's cries for help and that the trooper who hit him should face criminal charges.
“I hope they charge him with the most serious crime that they can, because this wasn't no accident,” Michael Sterling said.
Attorney Ven Johnson, who is representing the Sterling family, said the video showed the officers on the scene acting with “callous disregard for human life, let alone disrespect for (Samuel) Sterling.”
“What we saw today was … way too much sound and way too much for any parent's eyes to watch their son writhing and literally moving in such pain, and we now know it's because he was dying,” Johnson said.
Johnson said MSP Director Col. James Grady was there when the family was shown the video.
“Grady reiterated … he personally, after seeing the video on the day of this incident, suspended the trooper without pay. Highly, highly unusual. And it tells us a lot as to what MSP is thinking about the lack of propriety, in other words, the wrongful conduct of this trooper,” Johnson said.
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