The footage shows a brief encounter June 3 between police officers and Tyler May in one edited video and five separate segments of raw redacted footage.
Screenshot from an edited video produced by the Anchorage Police Department of body-worn camera footage from officers involved in the shooting of Tyler May on June 3, 2024. The footage, released Thursday, comes more than a month after the state Office of Special Prosecutions determined the three officers who shot Tyler May. The review said the officers fired because they were afraid May would shoot them and were therefore justified in using such force.
Rich Curtner, chair of the Alaska Black Caucus’ Justice Committee, watched the footage last week with May’s mother Curtner, along with several members of the Alaska Coalition for Justice, when she viewed it prior to the official release.Curtner on Friday described the shooting as an “unnecessary execution” and said the footage demonstrated how quickly police acted without any visible attempts at de-escalation.
A statement Friday from the union representing police employees, however, said the footage provided an example of the department’s “professionalism and bravery” and showed “how well our officers handled a very dynamic situation, with many different layers.” The footage shows officers gathering at the senior center near a bench where May and Olomua are believed to be sitting. One reports hearing what might be the sound of someone racking a gun’s slide.police. Then May comes out from behind a short wall. At first, his hands appear to be by the front of his pants, where police said he had a gun tucked. He quickly raises his empty hands into the air.
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