Dayton police release edited bodycam of a 16-year-old armed with a gun being fatally shot

The Dayton Police Department Monday released more information related to Saturday’s fatal shooting of a teen by officers, including bodycam video from both officers.

During a media briefing Monday morning, DPD Chief Kamran Afzal revealed the person shot was 16 years old. He said that at this time, police are unable to release the identities of those involved.

The body camera footage from the two officers ends just prior to the gunfire, but shows the officers giving chase and the teen cutting into a yard. The video from one officer shows him with his Taser in his left hand.

The officers fired eight times at the teen. An off-duty nurse and other medics rendered aid before being transported to the hospital, where he was later pronounced dead.

While he didn’t give the officers’ names, Afzal did say Monday that each of them had six years of experience with the department. One officer had six commendations and one written reprimand (related to his bodycam), while the other had 12 commendations and one written reprimand (for incorrect Taser usage).

“This is an extremely traumatic time for the community, I understand that,” said Afzal. “It’s also a traumatic time for the department itself.”

According to Afzal, the pursuit occurred around 8 p.m. on Saturday when an individual, believed to be armed, fled from the 500 block of Negley Place.

During the pursuit, Dayton Police said that the individual turned around, toward the pursuing officers, and pointed with something that allegedly looked like a weapon.

Afzal presented photos of the weapon that the Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office provided to DPD of the alleged weapon, a modified handgun with extended magazine that he said was fully automatic.

“My understanding is that something like that, fully automatic, would take one second to fully unload” all 31 rounds that the weapon was loaded with, said Afzal.