Graphic video: Tulsa Police footage from fatal shooting of unarmed Terence Crutcher
Posted: Monday, September 19, 2016 1:15 pm
Update: Tulsa Police have released footage of the fatal shooting of Terence Crutcher following a Monday afternoon news conference. Watch here.
Tulsa Police at a news conference Monday about the fatal shooting of Terence Crutcher said he did not have a weapon on his person or in his vehicle.
The fatal shooting occurred after officers responding to an unrelated call spotted 40-year-old Crutcher's vehicle stalled near 36th Street North and Lewis Avenue on Friday evening. Police have released few details of what happened, but a spokeswoman said Crutcher refused to follow officers' commands in the moments before the shot was fired.
One officer, identified as Tyler Turnbough, deployed his Taser, and the second, Betty Shelby, discharged her weapon at Crutcher, who was pronounced dead at a hospital. Shelby was placed on paid administrative leave following the shooting.
Police video and audio of the shooting was released to the media following the news conference, a day after police showed it to the Crutcher family and a group of north Tulsa pastors and community leaders.
Chief Chuck Jordan said he found the video "very disturbing — very difficult to watch."
He also explained some of the basic facts, including that no gun was found on Crutcher or in his vehicle. He did not elaborate because of what he called a pending criminal investigation.
"It will come out," Jordan said of the details surrounding the fatal shooting. "I will make this promise to you: We will achieve justice in this case."
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