More body camera footage has been released of the fatal shooting of a man who police said had knives in both hands and refused to follow officers’ commands Tuesday near the perimeter of the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee.
Some of the body camera footage was released Tuesday, and the rest of it was made public on Thursday, FOX 6 reported.
The video appears to show Columbus, Ohio, police officers, who were in Milwaukee to help out with convention security, running to the suspect, later identified as Samuel Sharpe, shouting “Drop the knives!”
The Columbus Division of Police previously confirmed the shooting happened “in the outer perimeter of the RNC” but said it didn’t appear to be related to the convention.
The shooting happened just after 1 p.m. near 13th Street and West Vliet Street, about two miles from the Fiserv Forum.
Milwaukee Police Chief Jeffrey Norman said in a press conference earlier in the week that Sharpe, while armed with knives, was engaged in an altercation with another person.
The body camera footage also shows police handcuffing Sharpe and the other man.
His death prompted protests in Milwaukee, according to FOX 6.
His brother said Sharpe had advanced multiple sclerosis and had difficulty moving, adding he believed his brother was the aggressor in the incident with the other man.
“I believe my brother was defending himself,” he told FOX 6. “If anything, he was defending himself. If you’ve ever seen someone with advanced MS, it’s very laborious to walk, anything like that.”
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