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Body camera footage shows moments police opened fire in controversial Yale shooting
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Connecticut State Police released body camera footage on Tuesday showing the controversial police shooting near Yale University that has led to a week of protests.
The video from Hamden police officer Devin Eaton's body camera begins after the officer and a Yale Police officer stopped a red Honda Civic just after 4 a.m. on April 16 about a mile from Yale. Police had earlier received a 911 call saying that the driver, an African-American man, was involved in an attempted armed robbery, police said.
As Eaton approaches from behind the Honda, the driver of the vehicle opens the door and starts to get out, the footage shows. Eaton then runs to the right side of the car and fires his weapon, and the car's passenger-side window shatters, the video shows. The officer then runs to take shelter behind a parked vehicle and a row of garbage cans.
Stephanie Washington, a 22-year-old passenger in the car, was shot and suffered injuries that were not life threatening. The driver of the vehicle, Paul Witherspoon, was not injured in the shooting, police said.
Connecticut State Police released the officer's video, a 911 call, police dispatch audio and two angles of surveillance footage on Tuesday after a week of protests in New Haven in the wake of the shooting.
Neither Washington nor Witherspoon was arrested, and no gun was found in the car or any other locations, Connecticut State Police Commissioner James Rovella said. Rovella said police have interviewed Witherspoon but would not release that information yet.
A Yale police shooting has sparked nearly a week of protests in New Haven
A Yale police shooting has sparked nearly a week of protests in New Haven
There is no audio in the early parts of the body camera footage, and it is not clear from the video why the officer begins to shoot.
"There are indications that he was told to open the door, yes, or come out with his hands up," Rovella said.
"Which is what he appears to have done," a reporter said.
"It looks like it, but I can't tell you what's in one of the hands," Rovella responded.
Rovella also said the Yale officer was hit with a "projectile" from the Hamden officer during the incident. The Hamden officer fired 13 shots and the Yale officer fired three times, Rovella said.
The Yale Police officer, Terrance Pollock, was wearing a body camera but did not turn it on in time to capture video of the shooting.
Pollock is a 16-year veteran of the department and has been placed on leave until the investigation is completed, Yale University said. Hamden Police said officer Eaton was also placed on immediate administrative leave pending the state's investigation.
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