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Bodycam: Officer Hit Before Mag Dumping Suspect During Foot Pursuit.
Flag: no_captionsPolice Bodycam Videos | 2023-06-15
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-Canton, OH. -June 07, 2023. *All footage obtained via FOIA Request* The officer was grazed in the leg. The officer fired 17 Rounds in roughly 4 seconds. A foot chase of less than the length of a football field, and Jeffrey Neff's life, both ended last week on the grass inside a circular Inter...
-Canton, OH. -June 07, 2023. *All footage obtained via FOIA Request* The officer was grazed in the leg. The officer fired 17 Rounds in roughly 4 seconds. A foot chase of less than the length of a football field, and Jeffrey Neff's life, both ended last week on the grass inside a circular Interstate 77 northbound entrance ramp from Cleveland Avenue SW. A handgun lay next to him. "Shots fired! Shots fired! Suspect down! Give me everybody now!" city police officer Jacob Dryden shouted into his radio. It was 10:22 p.m. June 7. The city this week released two body camera videos, radio audio, computer-aided dispatch notes and more than 25 written reports from officers who responded to the scene during or after the fatal police shooting in response to a public records request from the Canton Repository. The videos and documents help provide details about what led to the shooting. According to the body camera video, Neff fired at least one shot at Dryden, who was grazed in the leg. The officer shot back, firing every bullet in his gun, as many as 17. Neff was struck multiple times. Seconds later, Dryden reloaded. He and his partner, Scott Wohlheter, walked toward Neff. Neff's wife, Domnita, who had run behind police officers, as they pursued her husband, had heard the gunshots. She saw him, a 41-year-old father of three, sprawled on the ground. "There's something wrong with this picture, and I just don't know exactly what it is," she told The Repository. Canton police have turned the investigation over to the Ohio Bureau of Criminal Investigation. It likely will take months to complete. Police Chief John Gabbard said Thursday that both officers had been placed on paid administrative leave immediately following the shooting. This week, Wohlheter returned to regular assignment. Dryden began a combination of administrative leave and duty. That, Gabbard said, will afford Dryden an opportunity to focus on his emotional and mental wellness — and there's no set time frame before he returns to his patrol duties. In a prepared statement earlier this week, Gabbard said the city released the documents and officer's name "in the interest of transparency." He added: "This incident illustrates the dangers faced too frequently by police officers. I am grateful that Officer Dryden was not seriously injured and fully confident in the ability of the Ohio Bureau of Criminal Investigation (BCI) to thoroughly and objectively investigate. ... Regardless of the circumstances, any loss of life is tragic, and I am prayerful that Mr. Neff’s family will find peace.” A few neighbors later told police they'd heard yelling coming from the Neff house in the 300 block of 25th Street SW. One called 911 to relay her concerns about the fighting. "We were arguing, but it wasn't physical," Domnita Neff said. Officers Dryden and Wohlheter responded. Together, the initial police records, as well as Domnita Neff's recollection, helped provide details of events that unfolded during that call, including: Neff began to run away as police arrived at the house. At least one apparent gunshot can be heard on the bodycam, before the officer returned fire. The neighbor who phoned police later told a detective that Neff's wife had asked her to call police, because Domnita Neff didn't want to make the call herself.
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