'I'm sorry, brother': Ohio deputy apologizes for shooting newspaper photographer

An Ohio sheriff’s deputy shot a news photographer whose camera he mistook for a gun without any warning, according to video footage released Wednesday. Clark County deputy Jake Shaw was sitting in his cruiser waiting for information on a vehicle he pulled over, then opened his cruiser door and fired two shots a second later Monday night, according to footage from Shaw’s body camera. Shaw realized his mistake immediately as he rushed to the aid of the photographer, Andy Grimm, whom he knew, according to the video. “Andy, I’m sorry, brother,” Shaw said. “Listen, dude, you pulled that out like a gun out of the back of the Jeep.” “I thought it was a freaking gun, Andy,” Shaw said a minute later. Grimm is heard trying to explain that he waved at Shaw and flashed his car lights, but he also takes responsibility, saying “it’s my fault.” Later, he tells the deputy he doesn’t want him to lose his job. As Shaw reports over the radio that he fired two shots, Grimm says: “Thank God you missed one.” Later, Shaw is heard crying and praying that Grimm will be all right. The deputy keeps pressure on Grimm’s wound as he urges first responders to hurry. Grimm was shot in the side. Grimm was on his way Monday night to photograph a lightning storm when he saw the traffic stop and decided to take a picture, according to a statement released Tuesday by the New Carlisle News, a family-owned weekly newspaper.