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Police release body cam video from officer-involved shooting in Goshen Township

Police release body cam video from officer-involved shooting in Goshen Township
EXPECT TO SEE COMING UP. SURE. ALISON, THANK YOU. NOW TO A DRAMATIC VIDEO SHOWING THE MOMENTS POLICE SHOT A WOMAN WITH A GUN AT A HOME IN GOSHEN TOWNSHIP. THAT SHOOTING HAPPENED LATE LAST MONTH. THE BODY CAMERA VIDEO JUST RELEASED TODAY. WLWT NEWS 5. JATARA MCGEE LIVE RIGHT NOW OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI MEDICAL CENTER WHERE THAT SUSPECT WAS TAKEN. SHE’S HERE NOW TO BREAK DOWN THE VIDEOS CAPTURED BY A FEW CAMERAS ON THE OFFICER’S BODY. HI THERE. WELL, HI THERE, MIKE. YOU KNOW THAT POLICE BODY CAMERA VIDEO SHOWING THE MOMENTS LEADING UP TO THE MOMENT THAT POLICE HAD TO OPEN FIRE ON THIS WOMAN WHO IS NOW FACING FELONY CHARGES. IT ALSO SHOWS REPEATED ATTEMPTS TO DE-ESCALATE THE SITUATION. 911. WHERE IS YOUR EMERGENCY? IT’S FEBRUARY 28TH, AROUND 930 IN THE MORNING. MY NIECE JUST GOT A HOLD OF ONE OF MY FIREARMS AND SHE’S THREATENING TO COMMIT SUICIDE. GOSHEN TOWNSHIP POLICE ARE RESPONDING TO PLEASANT RENNER ROAD AFTER THAT 911 CALL. I THINK MY NEIGHBORS HAVE A NERVOUS. DID SHE HAVE A GUN? YES, SHE HAD MY GUN. DID YOU GET IT? YEAH. OR IS IT OUT NOW? I CAN HANG ON TO IT FOR A SERGEANT TRIES TO CHECK ON PAMELA GILBERT, WHO’S SITTING ON A COUCH IN THE NEXT ROOM. THIS IS LOADED. PAMELA. HOW ARE YOU? OH, WELL, GO. GO, GO, GO, GO. THE SERGEANT GETS OUT OF THE HOUSE URGING GILBERT’S UNCLE TO COME WITH HIM. AFFIRM THE FEMALE STILL IN THE HOUSE WITH THE GUN. IT’S A BLACK HANDGUN. SHE POINTED AT ME. BACKUP ARRIVED AND THEN SURROUNDS THE HOUSE. GILBERT’S UNCLE SAYING IT WAS THE SCARIEST THING HE’S EVER BEEN THROUGH. YOU’RE NOT KIDDING. I’VE NEVER STARED DOWN THE BARREL OF A GUN BEFORE. THE SERGEANT EXPLAINING HOW OFFICERS ARE TRYING TO SLOW DOWN THE SITUATION. SO IS WHY I WANTED JAILHOUSE BECAUSE I DIDN’T WANT TO HAVE TO HURT HER. AND IF SHE PUT YOU IN DANGER, I WAS GOING TO HAVE TO HURT HER. OFFICERS TRIED CALLING THE VICTIM’S PHONE, BUT SHE DOESN’T ANSWER. THEY START YELLING, ASKING HER TO SURRENDER. SO, PAMELA, CAN YOU HEAR ME? HEY, PAMELA, COME OUT. SHOW ME YOUR HANDS. BUT IT DOESN’T WORK. THE POLICE CHIEF SAYS GILBERT WAS AT THE FRONT DOOR WHEN SHE POINTED HER GUN AT OFFICER PAMELA. LET ME TALK TO YOU. MATT. SHE WAS POINTING A GUN AT ME. PAMELA, STOP. PLEASE. DROP THE GUN. AND THE VIDEO. THEN SHOWS THE SERGEANT RUSHED TO THE DOOR AND TRIED TO RENDER AID. AS SOON AS THAT SHOOTING HAPPENED. MEANWHILE, GILBERT WAS FLOWN HERE TO U.S. MEDICAL CENTER AND SURVIVED. WE’RE LIVE AT UC MEDICAL CENTER TONIGHT. JATARA MCGEE T NEWS 5. SO JETER, WE KNOW THAT THE OHIO BUREAU OF CRIMINAL INVESTIGATIONS HANDLING THIS SITUATION NOW LOOKING INTO THE POLICE SHOOTING. WHERE DOES THE INVESTIGATION STAND? YEAH. MIKE SO I CHECKED IN WITH BCI TODAY. THEY TELL ME THAT THIS INVESTIGATION IS STILL ACTIVE AND ONGOING. MEANWHILE, GILBERT HAS BEEN
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Police release body cam video from officer-involved shooting in Goshen Township
Police are releasing body camera footage from an officer-involved shooting where a woman was injured in Goshen Township. According to police records, on Feb. 28, around 9:38 a.m. Goshen Township Police Officers were dispatched to a home in the 7200 block of Pleasant Renner Road for a reported 55-year-old suicidal woman with a gun.While police were en route to the scene, officers were updated that a family member had disarmed her.Police said upon arrival at the scene, the woman produced a second gun and pointed it at an officer. The officer and family safely retreated from the home while officers and the Clermont County Special Response Team was activated. According to police, before the tactical team arrived, the woman pointed the gun at officers from the front door of the home, and an officer fired a shot striking the woman. Police said immediate care was rendered, and the woman was flown to UC Medical Center in stable condition. The woman's identity has not been released at this time. No other injuries were reported. The Ohio Bureau of Investigations will be conducting an independent investigation of the incident, and the Clermont County Prosecutor's Office is on the scene.

Police are releasing body camera footage from an officer-involved shooting where a woman was injured in Goshen Township.

According to police records, on Feb. 28, around 9:38 a.m. Goshen Township Police Officers were dispatched to a home in the 7200 block of Pleasant Renner Road for a reported 55-year-old suicidal woman with a gun.

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While police were en route to the scene, officers were updated that a family member had disarmed her.

Police said upon arrival at the scene, the woman produced a second gun and pointed it at an officer.

The officer and family safely retreated from the home while officers and the Clermont County Special Response Team was activated.

According to police, before the tactical team arrived, the woman pointed the gun at officers from the front door of the home, and an officer fired a shot striking the woman.

Police said immediate care was rendered, and the woman was flown to UC Medical Center in stable condition.

The woman's identity has not been released at this time.

No other injuries were reported.

The Ohio Bureau of Investigations will be conducting an independent investigation of the incident, and the Clermont County Prosecutor's Office is on the scene.