Police: Bodycam was off before fatal shooting of black man
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June 16, 2017
TULSA, Okla. (AP) — An Oklahoma police officer involved along with sheriff's deputies in the fatal shooting of a black man turned on his body camera seconds after shots were fired, law enforcement officers said Thursday.
Video from Tulsa officer Donnie Johnson's bodycam shows 29-year-old Joshua Barre lying on the floor of a convenience store he had just entered. Police said Johnson's camera was turned off just before the shooting, which occurred last Friday as Barre's family says he was suffering from a mental crisis.
Tulsa police and Tulsa County sheriff's deputies released the additional sho...
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