Lapel Video: Albuquerque Cops Fire About a Dozen Rounds At Knife or Break Pad-Wielding Man

Last December, Shaine Sherrill became the seventh person shot by
Albuquerque police officers in 2013. Sherrill was allegedly
brandishing a knife, or maybe a metal break pad, although police
insist they were also told he may have had a gun.  There were
hours of video from a dozen officers, according to the
Albquerque Journal, which posted the following 3 minute
video on its YouTube page: 

It takes the officer less than ten seconds after exiting his car
to start shooting. You can hear the command “drop the weapon” once.
They handcuff him before providing any medical
assistance. 

The Albuquerque Journal
provides more details:

While on the way to meet Sherrill, according to lapel
videos and an audio file of radio communications between officers
and police dispatch, officers were told about prior calls where
Sherrill made it clear that he wanted to commit suicide by police
officer and that he was suicidal. That information was disseminated
through the Real-Time Crime Center, which references crime data and
other databases in hopes of giving officers as much information as
possible about a call while in the field. The tool was touted at
the time as potentially a way to reduce the number of deadly-force
encounters between officers and possibly suicidal or mentally ill
suspects.

Officers finally found Sherrill near Northeastern and Wyoming NE,
and fired. One officer can be seen kicking what looks like a knife
away from Sherrill’s body and then several more officers rush to
give the suspect medical attention. Officers applied tourniquets to
Sherrill’s legs and slapped adhesive bandages on gunshot wounds on
his back.

Police still won’t say just how many times they shot at
Sherrill, but his mother says he suffered from seven gunshot
wounds. The family sued in January, accusing the police department
of withholding documents related to the shooting.

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