Don't get too old for this. >> You're too old for that crap. Right. >> On August 3rd, 2024, officers with the Ottawa Police Department responded to a physical domestic disturbance. Dispatch advised that a male and female had been involved in a physical altercation. >> Ottawa Police Department. John speaking. >> Yeah. Hi, John. Um but hotel motel. >> All right. What's going on at the hotel? >> Yeah, the number 45 lady and guy fighting. >> All right. Are they physically fighting or just yelling? >> The guy tried to hit her. >> All right. One moment. Please stay on the line. I'm naked. >> Please send an officer. >> Police heading that direction. >> Yeah, just please. Hey boss, what's going on my man? >> What happened? >> Man, my wife >> confrontation. Okay. Well, we got a call and it sounded like things were getting pretty wild. People were trying to figure out what's going on. >> Okay. >> So, we got to talk, my man. So, what's going on, my brother? What's going on, man? >> No, we don't. >> Yeah, we do. >> We got to talk. >> We got to call the >> Okay, y'all got to call this be between me and my wife. >> You got blood on you, my man. Okay, that's the claim and my wife. >> Well, that that's not true. We need We got to We got to figure out what's going on. We got to make sure you're okay and she's okay. >> I'm okay. Well, we're okay. >> Okay. Well, talk to this officer over here for me. Okay. We got to make sure she's okay, too. Okay. >> Talking to nobody. >> You got to talk to us and we got to make sure she's okay. Yes, you do. >> We want to say there's a physical. >> We got to make sure everybody's okay. >> Yeah, it was physical. I got wrong. >> I'm sorry for her. That's my wife. >> Okay. >> Where's Latrice at? >> She in the office. She's in the office. >> Yeah, she's drunk, too. >> She's drunk, too. Okay. So, look what happened, man. I know you guys got into before. I was with you the night that she stabbed you and you went to the hospital in your car. >> You know, we you know me and we have our confrontation. >> Okay. So, what happened tonight? >> We had a little confrontation. >> What was it about? >> So, >> you guys have been doing good lately. Yeah, we have we had a little um conversation, but at the same time, she's drunk >> and she's not allowed to hit you. She's not allowed to do the things she does to you, Nia. >> No, she not allowed to hit me. But >> I'm hit her. >> You hit her? >> Yeah. >> She both hit each other. >> No, I hit her. >> She did. You said she hit you just a little bit ago. >> No, I hit her. >> You hit her. Okay, >> that's my wife and should nobody be into it. Y'all shouldn't be called. >> Well, we were. So, we got to deal with that. Why'd you hit her? >> Why I hit her? We had mis misagreement. But here's the thing. Y'all cannot arrest me. I know my rights. And if she don't say I hear her, but I'm telling you I hear her because we have missed an agreement. >> He didn't hit her. >> No. >> No. I'm I'm going to be honest with you. I hear his wife. He ain't hit her. >> Sir, can you just >> We'll talk to him. >> All right. Just know that he didn't hear >> Where did the blood come from? >> I was going to check you out, my man. Your hand there. >> Get your lip hair. What happened there? What happened? >> I did this. How'd you do that? >> I did everything. I beat myself. >> You did it to yourself. >> I did all this to myself. My wife didn't have nothing to do with this. She ain't got nothing to do with this and all that. >> I I don't think you're being honest with you. >> And I am being honest with you. >> I'm brother. I'll be >> No, I am being honest with you. You want me to go to I'll go to jail. >> I think she hit you. >> She didn't hit me >> cuz she's hurt you in the past. >> She haven't hit me. I'm telling you, she didn't hit me. >> You know what? I'm going to go in this room. No, you're going to stay on here. >> We're going to stay here, right? >> Who you stay outside? >> So, where did the blood come from on your shirt then? >> Me? And you can't make me stay in here. >> Where else? How did the blood get down there then? >> Me. >> Okay. How? >> He fell. >> I'm telling you, it's me. Y'all going to go about y'all business. She's just mad right now. >> Sir, can you go back to your room, please? >> No, that's my brother. >> Thank you. >> No, you can't tell my brother to go nowhere. I can't ask him to. >> No, you can't. How did it all start? >> How it all start? >> Yeah, >> because we had a little disagreement. It's just a little disagreement. Y'all got call and then you got physical school and I take full responsibility for it. >> Okay. >> I do. >> All right. Mama, can you do me a favor? Just sit in this chair while I go talk to the other officer. >> Yeah. Don't go in there. Don't go in. Have a Have a seat. Wait here, my guy. Okay. We got to figure out what's going on. We got to talk to everybody. >> You're going to get tased. You're not taser. >> I GOT TASER. TASER. TASER. >> Down on the ground. >> GET DOWN ON THE GROUND. GET DOWN ON THE GROUND. >> Hands on your back. YOU'RE GOING TO GET IT AGAIN. HANDS BEHIND YOUR BACK. PUT YOUR HANDS BEHIND YOUR BACK. YOU'RE GOING TO GET IT AGAIN. >> I GOT HEART PROBLEM. I didn't do [ __ ] >> Melvin, put your hands down your back. >> No. You got tight men. I'll tell you. I got heart problems. >> Relax me. Hey, let >> your hand get again. >> Relax your hand or you're going to get again. You can. Yes, you can. Relax your hand or you're going to get again. Okay. >> I'm my daddy girl. I didn't do nothing. >> But I kept trying to tell y'all I can't get you. >> Oh no. >> So you telling me I can sue y'all, right? >> And I kept telling y'all I got heart I got heart problem. No control over roll over on your side. We get >> Okay. >> No, don't roll me. Don't roll me at all. >> We got to roll you over, buddy. >> No, you can't. >> Yep. >> And to make this difficult, it's not going to be fun. >> No. That [ __ ] ass mother right there. He been want to do that [ __ ] to me. >> Him right there. He been want to do that [ __ ] to me. >> We're going to take these probes out. Okay. No. Him. No. No. No. You don't. >> You're going to get my charge. >> Stop. >> No. I want him. No. I want you to touch me because everything escalated when he came. He was already had the gun thrown in every [ __ ] thing. He shot me for no reason. And I ain't using no force. >> That's what I'm trying to say. >> Relax, my man. >> No. Ain't no Relax. >> I want you to roll on this prong. Okay. >> I can't. No. Y'all arrest me for [ __ ] >> Ah, MOTHER. >> He did that [ __ ] on your side. Stay on your side so you can breathe easier. All right, my man. >> No, you don't want to lean on it. You >> And you did any [ __ ] way. And I got heart problems. That's why I couldn't go down that knife when you pulled away from us. >> No. And I knew you going to shoot. I was going to go down. >> Don't say that, right? >> No. I'm my wife. >> You can't talk to her mother. >> Yes, I can. No. No. You can't. You can't. No. No. You can't. No. No. I not know my law. >> You've been through this before, Melvin. You know you. >> And I've been through this before. And I know I can talk to my wife. >> You're not supposed to. And I can >> cuz because you're under arrest for domestic battery and no one >> domestic battery for what? >> Cuz what happened? >> Who called? >> A lot of people called >> lobby when you beat her up. >> A lot of people. So why y'all didn't try to get my story? >> You just came up here with force. >> You did arrest you. We have domestic battery. I want >> No, you came up here with force. He was really coming. He was really talking to me. The two officers that came here before, they were talking to me. You came up here with force and you just literally shot me for what reason? >> Cuz you tried to fight me when I WENT TO >> I WASN'T TRYING TO FIGHT YOU. >> OKAY. WELL, you'll have your day in court, but you tried to fight us when we tried to arrest you. You pulled away from us. >> How you know DAMN WELL I WAS TRYING to fight you. >> Why the getting [ __ ] goddamn >> body camera. Okay. >> I don't give a about nobody camera. I can get up right now if I want to. No, >> should be locked. >> Stop. >> No. >> No. His me for no [ __ ] reason and he's dead. He mean >> Hey man, what's going on? >> This right there trying me for no [ __ ] reason. >> Okay. So, how you feeling right now? How >> I'm feeling right now? Can I sit up? That's that's up to these. No, no, no, no, no, no. Cuz this mother right here, he ready to shoot me and I know he is. No. Can he stop me for no reason? And I know he did. >> That's up to the we man. Just watch your hazard. >> No, no, no, no, no, no, no. Cuz this mother right here, he ready to shoot me. >> And I know he is. No. Cuz he shot me for no [ __ ] reason. And I know he did because I didn't do I weren't charging at him or nothing. And you shot me. >> Hey, just let the medics take care of you. >> No. No. That >> No, no, no. [ __ ] that. I'm on I'm my daddy grave. That he shot me for no reason and I know he did. >> Just let him take care. >> No. I wish I was record. >> Can I stand up? >> I don't feel comfortable sitting down. >> I don't How you feeling right now? >> How you feeling right now? >> Yeah. that this cop right here, whatever his name is, shot me. He t me for no reason. >> No, he's not. >> Sir, what's your name? >> No. >> No, no, no, no, no, no. This car right here stopped me for no [ __ ] reason. you and you do [ __ ] that think that you better than anybody and you think that just >> No, don't no if I don't if I don't give it to you. >> I know. I just >> Come on over. Hey, come on over here. >> Come on over here. We don't want to escalate what we're already trying to handle. Okay. >> Hey. Hey, Patrice. Hey. Hey. Can you come over here and talk to me, please? Come here. >> You said Can you have a seat here and talk to me a little bit? Can we cool down while we get We're gonna >> No, it's not right. He's under arrest for touching. >> That's not right. >> Listen, he's under arrest for domestic battery for hitting you. Okay. I saw the camera footage, so he's going to get medically clear to go up to the jail. Okay. I saw the footage. He clearly went after you. Okay. We tried to arrest him. He came at He did one. He did he do it all the time and I'm tired. >> I'm trying to get somebody that can't even love me. >> I was about this both of these cops rules and he when when this cop told me don't go in the room that's when he shot me and that's when I was trying to go down and I couldn't go down and I kept saying stop. I got heart problems. >> So if I would have died, >> I got you. >> Who that would have been on? >> Okay, I got you. Do you? >> No. >> Do you want us to put you on the cardiac bonder? >> No, I don't know nothing. I just want to be let go and I leave. >> Okay, that's it. >> I completely done. >> I'm done. >> Well, that's what you got to do as a personal choice, right? You got to do what's right. >> I got to do what's right for me and my grandchild. >> Yeah. Yes. Exactly. And that's the number one priority is you and your grandkids, right? That's number one party. So, you know, okay, things are going like this. You're going to have to make a >> Yes. Like I said, I'm tired. I'm done. But he I was like, um, since you're my wife, you you got to do what I say. I don't got to do everything you say because I'm your wife. I don't. >> I have the video in here. The clock on this camera reflects that it is >> 217. The actual time is 3:17 on there. He's hitting her outside of there multiple times. Ke too old for this, bro. Get too old for that crap, right? Do you need to see a medic or anything? >> No, >> I don't think so. Besides my arms, they hurt. >> What do you do? He punch you or something or >> he punched me in my face and my arm soil. My face over here starting to sw my arm is hurting and they was just bleeding like I'm I'm tired. I can't I can't go through any more business from anybody. You want to start from her? You want to be on me for what? the best person anybody can be with. Me personally, I don't do anything. I go to work, I come home and that's it. >> Yeah. How long you guys been together? >> Like six, seven years a whole time. Like every time that we get into it, it's not just this >> here. Instead of running from me, I'll be decent with you. Although you have nothing to do with this case. Okay. He's under arrest. Are you going to Do you want to talk to me or you just going to question us and not give us the attention that we're giving you? >> Yes, sir. >> Okay. I'll tell you why he's under arrest. Because I watched him beat the hell out of her in the on the cameras in there severely. She's bleeding from her mouth and what you didn't film, which don't worry. Right. Listen, listen, listen. Does this agitate for you? Because I'm very good at what I do. >> And I didn't want to get his face slammed into the concrete. I He went like this and we threw the tiss down. >> It's all recorded, man. We You don't hit women. You don't hit other people. Okay? You know that he's under domestic. If you would see what we saw in the video footage, that's it's back, man. >> She's lucky she ain't unconscious. Okay? That's not right. You know that. That's okay. So, we're doing what we got to do and we want to get him attention cuz he's got a pro prong in here. Okay. >> Yes, sir. >> You know that. That's all it is, man. He's under arrest for dome. We have a charge. That's what he was told to be placed under arrest. That's it. >> I'm good. I'm done. >> That's it, man. You're decent with me. I'm decent with you. That's all you know. >> That's all it is. So, >> do you stand up for us? >> Yep. No. >> Yes. We got to go to the hospital. It's not going to be great. >> So, we'd like any of that. All right. We've already had enough today, don't you think? >> No. >> Look, if we have to, we will. I don't want to have to drag you. You know that. >> Help us walk cuz we got to take out of the hospital anyway, man. You do that for me. One foot down. We're going to lift. All right. We're going to walk through here this way. Okay. >> I'm going I'm a what? >> No. You a mother. I bet you going to say that [ __ ] with my No. No. No. No. No. No. No. He'll >> No, no, no. I don't give a about that [ __ ] Let me go and let these hand off. I swear to God he'll [ __ ] >> because he watch step this time. >> This goes on for 30 seconds. She defends her. Maybe he even said he was choking her. >> Melvin Smith was arrested and charged with domestic battery and resisting a peace officer. The victim denied the medical attention on scene.