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A 38-year-old man was shot and killed by Rochester police on July 31 after pulling a handgun on officers and refusing repeated instructions to drop it.
The entire thing began round 5:23 p.m. when a caller reported a suspicious man in pink clothes wandering door to door close to Ernestine Road and even strolling onto somebody’s deck.
Two hours later, extra calls began coming in—identical man, identical neighborhood, nonetheless appearing unusual.
At 7:26 p.m., somebody on close by Milton Road mentioned the person tried to get right into a automobile that was occupied and parked in a driveway. A couple of minutes later, one other name reported him sitting on the hood of a automobile.
Officers rolled up at 7:36 p.m. and located the suspect—later ID’d as Akintunde Campbell—close to 33 Ernestine Road.
One officer tried to bodily cease him from leaving, however Campbell knocked the officer down and saved strolling. Cops tried to have interaction, however seconds later, Campbell circled, reached into his hoodie, and pulled out a handgun.
Officers gave a number of clear instructions to drop the weapon. Campbell didn’t. Each officers fired, putting him a number of occasions.
They instantly started rendering assist till EMS arrived, however Campbell was pronounced lifeless on the scene.
Police recovered a 9mm handgun, totally loaded with 13 rounds, from his physique.
This wasn’t a case of a cellphone or a mistaken object—he pulled a loaded gun. It seems, based mostly on the footage, that officers did what they needed to do. Nobody else was harm, and no bystanders have been harmed.
The case is below investigation, however based mostly on the details launched up to now, the officers responded with measured power towards an actual risk. What say you?
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