But the department’s investigation cannot overlap or interfere with the independent investigation the attorney general, Dave Yost, is conducting, Charles said, so it will be on hold until that is completed.Ĭolumbus police identified the officers in the shooting as Andrew Howe and Ryan Krichbaum, both 15 year veterans of the agency.Įmergency room staff tried to revive Jackson. Westerville officers Eric Everhart and David Lammert, who are both white, will be on leave while an internal investigation into the shooting is conducted, the department said. He told residents “that if policy violations are found, there will be an appropriate level of accountability”. On Wednesday, Westerville’s police chief placed the two officers who initially came into contact with Jackson on administrative leave.
The second use of the stun gun, the shot and then the police shooting erupted within seconds after her orders, the video showed. Let go of the gun and put both of your hands up over your head.” When Jackson said he was putting the gun down, the officer replied, “Do not touch the gun. “Slowly put your right hand up in the air. They’re not going to shoot me?” He also told officers he wasn’t going to do anything and that he was leaning on his right hand.Ī police officer instructed Jackson again to raise his right hand. Later, he said, “So if I move y’all not going to shoot me. “I’m just scared, guys,” Jackson said at one point. One Columbus officer was still in the room, behind the bed, with his gun pointed in Jackson’s direction, video showed. Over about three minutes, officers outside the room shouted dozens of commands at Jackson, lying on the floor, to put his right hand over his head with his left hand. Within the next minute, the officer told his fellow officer to get Jackson’s arm around him. “Don’t see people carrying those around every day.” Got a little bullet action,” the officer said calmly as he picked it up. “Hopefully somebody would have caught that earlier.” About a minute later, a bullet dropped from Jackson’s pants. “You don’t have nothing sharp in your pockets, do you?” the officer asked. A few minutes later, an officer removed the handcuff and began collecting Jackson’s property. Once Jackson was in a room in the hospital’s emergency room, an officer briefly handcuffed his left hand to the hospital bed.
Jackson repeatedly asked for a cigarette, saying he had anxiety.Ĭolumbus police were called to the hospital because Jackson had outstanding warrants in the city. “I’m just going to pat you down real quick, make sure you ain’t got nothing on you, right, no weapons, nothing like that?” the officer said. Before Jackson was taken back to the hospital, a Westerville officer patted him down briefly, according to footage from the officer’s body-cam video. Jackson had apparently been brought to the hospital earlier that day, walked away, and then was found in a nearby bank parking lot. Jackson died in the shooting at Mount Carmel St Ann’s hospital in suburban Columbus. Another shot can be heard in the video before officers opened fire. An officer eventually used a stun gun for a second time on Jackson, who was on his side on the hospital room floor.
Officers shouted for minutes at Jackson, 27, to raise his hands and put them on his head. The other officer appeared to return fire at Jackson once before taking cover behind a hospital bed, video showed. The officer who stunned Jackson took cover outside the room. A shot can then be heard in the video, apparently from the gun in Jackson’s waistband. One of the officers used a stun gun on Jackson after they fell to the floor, while the other attempted to pull Jackson’s hands away from his waistband.
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