An Ohio police officer fired his weapon 15 times, repeatedly striking a 36-year-old man who appeared to be unarmed, body-camera footage from the Nov. 11 incident shows.
Police were responding to a 911 caller who reported a man was in the parking lot of Karam’s Lounge on Albrecht Avenue in Akron, pointing a firearm inside the bar, when the shooting happened.
The Akron Police Department on Nov. 18 released the bodycam footage and a 911 call from the incident in Ellet.
In total, the incident was about 20 seconds from the moment the officer stepped out of the cruiser to the second he opened fire. It took about 2½ minutes for officers to make physical contact with the man; that’s when officers handcuffed him, searched him, removed his jacket and shirt and awaited aid.
Based on the available footage, it did not appear that officers recovered a firearm.
