Video After The Jump
WILLIAMSBURG, Va. (WAVY) – “I thought he was going to [expletive] rape me.”
Those were the words that James City County police officer Michael Rusk screamed at a 911 operator shortly after allegedly shooting & seriously hurting Sgt. Christopher Gibson outside a Williamsburg bar in January.
Rusk calls 911 immediately & states his name & badge number to the dispatcher before saying, “I shot Sergeant Gibson!” He goes on to say, “I pulled a gun on him because he was [expletive] advancing on me.”
Rusk’s dad says his son had been subject to unwanted sexual advances from Gibson for about a year prior to the shooting.
“There was extremely inappropriate touching. The stalking, the grooming,” said Jason Rusk. “But it started to get creepy. [Gibson] would just show up out of nowhere, on streets where Michael’s girlfriends lived,
Rusk claims his son reported the behavior to others at the police department, but was written off.
On the 911 call, Rusk tells the dispatcher that he tried to deny Gibson’s advances.
“I told him ‘no’ & he just kept going. I told him to stop. He kept going. I thought he was gonna rape me,” he said.
The 2 are seen hours before the shooting on surveillance video. At first, they are sitting across from one another at a table. Then, Gibson moves around to the other side, so he is sitting next to Rusk. That’s when Gibson reaches for Rusk’s hand under the table. The advance is met with hesitation from the younger officer.
The video shows them leave the bar just about an hour before the shooting. After Gibson puts his hand on Rusk’s shoulder, you see Rusk forcefully push him off & put a finger in his face before walking away.
“If I had a daughter in the same position as my son, we wouldn’t even be here. They would have listened, we wouldn’t have an innocent person fighting for their freedom,” Rusk said.
Rusk was placed on unpaid administrative leave pending the outcome of the investigation.
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