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Editor warning: The video included successful this nonfiction is highly graphic.
The Loveland Police Department on Wednesday released the 911 telephone and the assemblage camera footage of the officer-involved shooting erstwhile Officer Eddie Luzon changeable 19-year-old Loveland nonmigratory Alex Domina.
Video footage shows that Luzon tried talking with Alex Domina, who was equipped with a weapon during the full interaction, trying to calm him down truthful they could talk. Luzon fired lone aft Domina began to determination rapidly toward him, the video shows.
In the video, Chief Bob Ticer said the merchandise of the footage was done to beryllium transparent with the community.
“We person provided you this accusation to physique oregon heighten assemblage spot successful your constabulary department,” Ticer said astatine the extremity of the video. “My extremity is to guarantee transparency this section owes the assemblage portion preserving the transgression investigatory process led by the CIRT Team.”
Ticer said the Critical Incident Response Team probe is presently being conducted by the Fort Collins Police Services nether the absorption of the 8th Judicial District Attorney’s Office. He added that the wide knowing of the incidental whitethorn alteration arsenic the probe goes connected and that the section is not drafting immoderate conclusions astir whether Luzon acted accordant with policies and the instrumentality until the probe is complete.
At the opening of the video, Ticer said the audio and video successful the clip whitethorn beryllium disturbing.
911 call
In the call, Judy Domina, Alex Domina’s grandma and guardian, tin beryllium heard asking the dispatcher for assistance instantly arsenic she said helium was undergoing a intelligence breakdown and breaking and throwing things.
“He’s a information to himself and us,” she said.
In the telephone Judy Domina claimed that her grandson became huffy astatine her erstwhile asked to bash chores. She besides pointed retired that helium has been “institutionalized for years” and came to unrecorded with her successful June, but besides said “he’s going to request to beryllium committed.”
At the clip of the call, Alex Domina was successful the backyard destroying patio furniture.
“But please, delight grip him with care,” Judy Domina said. “He — it’s intelligence health.”
Around that constituent successful the telephone Judy Domina is heard saying that her grandson tried to interruption the solid doorway with his feet, yet successfully breaking it.
The dispatcher past asked however helium would woody with police.
“Will helium beryllium cooperative, oregon volition helium beryllium a problem?” the dispatcher asked.
“He astir apt won’t be,” Judy Domina responded.
As they waited for officers to arrive, she told the dispatcher that Alex Domina had a knife. She said helium said “he’s not going to spell back.”
The shooting
Following the 911 footage, the video provided by LPD chopped to Luzon arriving connected country and heading toward the backyard of the home.
A pistillate tin beryllium seen approaching Luzon, telling him that Alex Domina had a knife. She was besides heard saying “just effort to speech to him.”
Luzon approaches the unfastened gross to the backyard; Alex Domina is astatine the extremity of the backyard with a weapon successful his close hand.
The serviceman instantly is heard saying hullo and asking Alex Domina however helium was doing.
“Can you enactment the weapon down for maine and let’s conscionable talk, man,” Luzon said. “I americium not taking you anyplace dude, I conscionable privation to speech to you.”
Several times Luzon asked Alex Domina to enactment the weapon down truthful they could chat and, contempt Alex Domina’s concerns, that helium would not instrumentality him anywhere.
“I americium not being tricked by that bulls***,” Alex Domina responded.
As Luzon continued to inquire Alex Domina to enactment the weapon down and assured him that helium was not being tricked, Alex Domina tin beryllium seen pulling down a small, covered operation onto a patio table.
“I americium going to request you to halt and conscionable speech to me, bro,” Luzon said.
Then Alex Domina began to dilatory attack the officer, and Luzon drew his weapon. Luzon asked respective times for the teen to halt and enactment the weapon down, but Domina began to determination quicker toward Luzon. The serviceman fired 4 shots and Domina dropped to the ground.
The video states that astatine that constituent a 2nd officer, Kerry Marion, arrived connected country to assistance successful the incident. When she arrived successful the backyard the 2 officers began administering aid.
As much officers arrived, Marion said they could spot a gunshot coiled to the thorax and a stab coiled astir the arms.
During the enactment with officers arsenic archetypal assistance was administered, Alex Domina could beryllium seen asking for assistance and complaining that helium couldn’t enactment arsenic officers worked to assistance him.
As the officers helped Alex Domina could beryllium seen struggling. He yet was carried retired connected a stretcher and the video ends.
The family’s response
Mari Newman, lawyer for the Domina family, said the household viewed the footage conscionable minutes earlier constabulary released it to the public.
“It was excruciatingly hard to watch,” Newman said successful a statement. “This tragic result highlights the request for archetypal responders with intelligence wellness grooming for calls similar this. Alex has undergone 5 surgeries truthful far, and remains successful captious condition.”
She added, “Alex’s household appreciates the community’s continued enactment arsenic Alex fights for his life.”
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