Ohio man dies after being shot by police as he was cleansing out late grandmother’s condo
Ohio man dies after being shot by police as he was cleansing out late grandmother’s condo
An investigation is underway after a 28-year-old Ohio man died Tuesday, at some point after he was shot by police who believed he was a housebreaking suspect, as his household says he was cleansing out his late grandmother’s residence.
Joe Frasure was shot at early Monday in Wyoming, a metropolis of about 9,000 positioned 12 miles north of downtown Cincinnati. He was hospitalized and died the next day, based on the Hamilton County Coroner’s Workplace.
Wyoming police mentioned officers responded to an condo constructing within the 300 block of Durrell Avenue at shortly earlier than 1 a.m. on a report of two to a few folks trying to interrupt right into a residence.
The 911 caller mentioned the condo ought to have been vacant.
Responding officers heard exercise on the rear of the constructing and encountered Frasure and his father within the rear driveway, Wyoming Police Division Chief Brooke Brady mentioned in a video assertion.
She mentioned Frasure was in a minivan and refused instructions to exit.
“The minivan reversed at a excessive price of velocity, earlier than hitting a tree, at which level the automobile accelerated quickly at our officers,” she mentioned. “The officers fired 4 pictures on the minivan because the minivan was accelerating in direction of them.”
The Hamilton County Sheriff’s workplace mentioned Frasure was struck within the gunfire.
After the capturing, the automotive struck the constructing.
“With the automobile smoking and the engine nonetheless working, our officers pressured their approach into the minivan and pulled Mr. Frasure from it. They then supplied life-saving care and he was transported to College Hospital,” she mentioned.
His trigger and method of demise haven’t but been launched.
Brady mentioned she has reviewed officer bodycam footage of the incident and it has been shared with the Hamilton County Sheriff’s Workplace and Hamilton County Prosecutor’s Workplace, that are each investigating the matter.
“This can be a tragedy for all concerned,” Brady mentioned. “Our ideas and prayers exit to the household presently.”
Police didn’t reply to requests for additional particulars on the incident. The Hamilton County Prosecutor’s Workplace mentioned the matter remains to be beneath investigation.
Frasure’s household has disputed the police account of occasions, saying he was not a housebreaking suspect. Moderately they are saying he and his father had been clearing out an condo his grandmother lived in earlier than she lately died, NBC affiliate WLWT of Cincinnati reported.
His sister, Shonda Coleman, advised the station, “I didn’t hear none of that. I didn’t hear no instructions. All I heard is pop, pop, pop, pop. Like, it was, like, ten rounds.”
“I wish to see the physique cam. I would like all of the cops that was right here, each one among them that was right here, I would like their data,” she mentioned.
Prosecutors are anticipated to carry a information convention Friday with additional data on the case, together with the officers’ physique cam footage.
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