Toledo police release bodycam video of officer exchanging gunfire with armed suspect

Toledo police released bodycam video Wednesday of an incident in which an officer exchanged gunfire during a foot pursuit throughout multiple west Toledo streets on June 19.

No one was injured and the suspect, later identified by Toledo police as Joshua Garner, 28, was taken into custody without incident, according to police.

The officer involved in the incident was identified by police as 30-year-old Scott Histed who has been with the department since Nov. 2016.

Toledo police responded to calls of an armed, shirtless man in the 2100 block of West Sylvania Avenue at about 2:15 p.m. Some callers said the suspect was "waving the gun and threatening to kill someone," according to TPD in a press release last week.

The first officer to respond was working in a one-person unit and saw the suspect running southbound between houses on West Sylvania and eventually found the suspect in a backyard.

The suspect did not obey verbal commands and fled toward Charleston Avenue with a gun in hand, according to the press release. The suspect then stopped in a driveway on Charleston Avenue, "held the gun to his head, and began to fully undress."

Further de-escalation attempts from the officer were not successful and Garner again fled, running on Charleston Avenue toward Kershaw Avenue, according to police.

The suspect continued to ignore the officer's commands, and the officer "then fired multiple rounds at the suspect," according to the press release. "As the suspect continued onto Kershaw, he fired multiple rounds back at the officer."

Other officers began to arrive at the scene, and the suspect eventually threw his gun and was taken into custody on Georgetown Avenue.

Garner was taken to the hospital as a precaution, and it was later found he had a felony warrant for domestic violence. He is also charged with a first-degree felony of felonious assault.

Garner made his initial appearance in Toledo Municipal Court on June 20 where a judge set his total bond at $250,000 at no percent. A preliminary hearing has been set for June 27 at 9 a.m.