Police release video showing 9 officers fatally shoot man on Tennessee interstate.
One of nine officers who opened fire on a man on a Tennessee interstate Thursday has been stripped of his police powers pending a review of the incident, Nashville police said Friday.nine fired their gunsMetropolitan Nashville Police Department Chief John Drake ordered the decommissioning of police powers for Officer Brian Murphy, a 25-year department veteran, who fired the final two shots from a rifle, according to a statement.
The other shooters included two officers with the Tennessee Highway Patrol and an off-duty officer with Mount Juliet police, Aaron said. The off-duty officer stopped to assist a state trooper and attempted to de-escalate the situation with Eastep for about 30 minutes, according to the spokesperson. The trooper also said Eastep carried a box cutter, and Nashville police were called to assist, Aaron said.
Police released more than four minutes of interaction between the officers and Eastep from one officer's body camera. That footage was from Officer James Kidd's body camera, police said. Another vantage point shows video from Officer Sean Williams' body camera, police said. “I want you to go home today. I don’t want you to end up dead on the side of the interstate. Nobody wants that,” the officer says.
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