Video After The Jump
CNN— Police in Columbus, Ohio, have released body camera video that shows a police officer fatally shooting an unarmed Black man in his bed.
Donovan Lewis, 20, died Tuesday after being shot by Columbus Police Officer Ricky Anderson, a 30-year veteran.
Rex Elliott, an attorney for Lewis’ family, said at a news conference Thursday morning that there was no justification for the officer to discharge his weapon.
“Donovan was unarmed & he was abiding by police commands to come out of his room when he was shot in cold blood by Officer Anderson,” he said.
The shooting is under investigation by the Ohio Bureau of Criminal Investigation & Anderson is currently on leave.
The shooting happened around 2 a.m. Tuesday at an apartment building where uniformed officers were serving a felony warrant for domestic violence & assault & improper handling of a firearm, A news release by police indicated the male who was shot, later identified as Lewis, as the person sought in the felony warrant.
Officers enter the apartment & warn they are going to send a K9 in.
An officer is seen opening the bedroom door, where a man is seen on a bed.
Bodycam video shows Anderson firing a single shot at Lewis, moments after opening the door.
Police say it appeared Lewis was holding “something” in his hand.
A vape pen was later found next to Lewis on the bed.
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