A 16-year-old homicide suspect is within the hospital after being shot by Columbus law enforcement officials final week.
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Newly launched bodycam footage obtained from our news partners WBNS-10 TV exhibits the moments earlier than the taking pictures.
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The suspect, a 16-year-old boy, is accused of taking pictures and killing 39-year-old Alejandro Lopez-Lechuga exterior an condo complicated on Jester Lane on the morning of Wednesday, Nov. 20.
Witnesses instructed police the teenager was making an attempt to interrupt into autos exterior the Jester Lane residences when Lopez-Lechuga intervened.
Homicide detectives obtained video proof that led them to establish the 16-year-old boy because the suspect within the deadly taking pictures, in addition to the suspect car that left the scene, in response to Columbus Division Police Sgt. Joe Alberto.
Police and SWAT officers arrange surveillance on the suspect’s deal with. The teen left the residence in what police consider is identical car seen in the course of the taking pictures on Jester Lane.
Officers adopted the car to the 6000 block of Cooper Colony Drive Wednesday afternoon.
Albert mentioned an officer tried to drag the car over when the suspect reportedly bought out of the passenger aspect of the automotive with a rifle in his hand and commenced operating in entrance of the condo constructing.
The Columbus Police Division launched bodycam video from three totally different officers who had been on the scene.
One of the movies exhibits an officer exiting his car and a number of officers might be heard telling the suspect to place his fingers within the air.
The video then exhibits the suspect operating in entrance of an officer with a rifle in his hand. The officer fires two pictures and the suspect drops his gun.
At least 4 extra pictures are heard because the suspect continues to run away. Officers then chase the suspect, ordering him to get on the bottom.
The suspect then falls to the bottom. According to the police, he was shot no less than as soon as.
Another officer’s bodycam footage exhibits him putting handcuffs on the suspect.
When officers referred to as for a medic, they found the suspect had been shot in what seemed to be the chest and hip.
Tactical medics arrived shortly thereafter and the suspect was transported by ambulance.
He was taken to Riverside Methodist Hospital the place his situation was described as steady as of Friday, November 22.
The suspect is charged with homicide and two counts of felonious assault within the Jester Lane taking pictures. He has beforehand confronted fees together with sexual assault and theft. WBNS-10 TV reported.
According to police, it’s potential that he may also be charged for the incident on Wednesday night.
The Ohio Bureau of Criminal Investigation is investigating the taking pictures.
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