Premium Only Content
Des Plaines 911 call and body cam video of fatal police shooting that killed Scott MacDonald
0:00 - 911 call
4:20 - Body cam
-----
Bodycam video showing the moments leading up to a deadly police shooting in Des Plaines has been released.
Des Plaines police were responding to a 911 call about a man having some sort of psychotic episode, and found 55-year-old Scott MacDonald in the hallway of a condo building, holding an axe.
Police said he approached officers in a threatening way with the axe before an officer opened fire, killing him.
Police said the circumstances that justified them opening fire were all caught on bodycam video, which was released Thursday.
"You may not have time to talk to that individual. If someone is rushing at you with a weapon, if it's a firearm, if it's a knife, if it's a club, whatever it may be, you may not have time to talk that person down. You may have to resort to force," said Bill Kushner, ABC7 police affairs consultant/P4Security.
Kushner is also a former chief of Des Plaines police. He said Des Plaines PD have extensive de-escalation training, and the body camera video and shooting investigation will bear out whether more could or should have been done to avoid lethal force.
"Would the Taser have worked? It may or may not have. Was the officer willing to risk his life in that split second? It was probably a reactive decision," Kushner said.
A friend told ABC7, MacDonald's father had recently passed away, he had just gotten out of a romantic relationship and had a history of discussing suicide.
The officer who fired the shots has been with Des Plaines police for just over two years, and is on leave while an outside investigation continues.
-
10:17
Dermatologist Dr. Dustin Portela
1 day ago $3.56 earnedOlay Cleansing Melts: Dermatologist's Honest Review
30.7K -
1:02:20
Trumpet Daily
1 day ago $13.05 earnedObama’s Fake World Comes Crashing Down - Trumpet Daily | Dec. 20, 2024
16.5K18 -
6:29
BIG NEM
18 hours agoCultivating God Mode: Ancient Taoist NoFap Practices
14.3K4 -
30:53
Uncommon Sense In Current Times
1 day ago $0.88 earned"Pardon or Peril? How Biden’s Clemency Actions Could Backfire"
14.9K -
40:01
CarlCrusher
16 hours agoSkinwalker Encounters in the Haunted Canyons of Magic Mesa - ep 4
22.4K2 -
59:44
PMG
1 day ago $2.20 earned"BETRAYAL - Johnson's New Spending Bill EXPANDS COVID Plandemic Powers"
38K8 -
6:48:50
Akademiks
15 hours agoKendrick Lamar and SZA disses Drake and BIG AK? HOLD UP! Diddy, Durk, JayZ update. Travis Hunter RUN
161K28 -
11:45:14
Right Side Broadcasting Network
9 days agoLIVE REPLAY: TPUSA's America Fest Conference: Day Three - 12/21/24
345K28 -
12:19
Tundra Tactical
15 hours ago $12.90 earnedDaniel Penny Beats Charges in NYC Subway Killing
66.1K12 -
29:53
MYLUNCHBREAK CHANNEL PAGE
1 day agoUnder The Necropolis - Pt 1
156K52