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Park Police release video of fatal shooting by officer who was wounded

2023-12-19 00:00:00.0 华盛顿邮报-华盛顿特区原网页

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The U.S. Park Police on Monday released body-camera video from an officer who shot and killed a man in downtown Washington last month, with the officer yelling as he also was shot, but not fatally.

Neither the officer nor the man can be clearly seen in the video, and no one is depicted being shot, but multiple gunshots are heard. The Park Police recently adopted body cameras and this is the second time the agency has released video footage, Park Police Sgt. Thomas Twiname said.

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The shooting happened in the 1100 block of M Street on Nov. 22 at 2:30 p.m. A voice-over on the video states that three Park Police officers witnessed a possible “drug violation” in Burke Park, a small park bounded by Massachusetts Avenue, L Street and 12th Street NW. One of the officers “attempted to engage” with one of the individuals at 12th and Massachusetts, and the man took off running on 12th Street, then turned onto M Street.

U.S. Park Police officer shot in downtown D.C.

The officer who chased the man on foot got close to him and yelled, “Get down, you’re gonna get hurt,” and the man replied, “No I’m not.” The officer yelled, “Let me see your hands,” and a gun is visible in the man’s right hand as he appears to turn toward the officer.

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Shots are then fired, but it’s not clear which person is shooting. The officer’s camera indicates he is on the ground but the shots continued. “I’ve been shot, 12th and M!” the officer yelled. “Send a helicopter, please.” The camera remains pointed toward the ground, and the other man is not seen.

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Officers and paramedics provided assistance to both men. The officer was hit multiple times in the torso and leg but survived.

The man who died was identified as Turell Delonte Campbell, 30, of Northeast Washington. The criminal investigation of the shooting is being handled by the D.C. police, and the administrative investigation is being conducted by the federal Interior Department, the parent agency of the Park Police.

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The Park Police adopted body cameras after the fatal November 2017 shooting of Bijan Ghaisar, an unarmed motorist who repeatedly drove away from two officers, who had neither body cameras nor in-car cameras. A Fairfax County police cruiser equipped with an in-car camera captured the Ghaisar shooting, which resulted in the officers being charged, and then cleared, of manslaughter.

Then-Park Police Chief Pamela A. Smith announced in 2021 she would implement body cameras when she took over the job. She retired from the Park Police in 2022, joined the D.C. police a month later, and earlier this year became D.C. police chief.

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