Reporter at News 5 Cleveland
LORAIN, Ohio — News 5 received new body camera footage of an arrest attempt by U.S. Marshals in Lorain last week that ended with a shooting: the suspect dead, three officers hurt. The Violent Fugitive Task Force was serving an arrest warrant when they said the suspect started attacking officers.
A taser gets deployed next. Smith then launches at officers, causing a struggle. Smith gets pushed back into the room and swings a table leg at the officers. Officers then fired at Smith nearly 10 times. Smith became unresponsive.Smith died there at the home. Three officers were injured in the altercation and were treated at the hospital for cuts and bruises.
“One of the officers could have been murdered if he had struck the officers in the head in such a way and with such force,” said Ture, who is an assistant professor of criminal justice at Widener University. “He could have actually killed one of the officers or created less than death, a severe injury. So, in this case, lethal force was necessary, unfortunately, and appropriate.”
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