Portsmouth Police Officer Awarded for Shooting Now Faces Charges

By Tactical-Life

A Portsmouth Police Officer originally awarded for shooting an armed suspect in October 2017 now faces multiple charges for the same shooting.

A grand jury Thursday charged the Virginia-based officer Jeremy Durocher with two felony counts: aggravated malicious wounding and a firearms charge.

RELATED STORY

WATCH: Milwaukee Police Shoot, Kill Suspect With Gun to His Head

Watch body camera footage of the incident, which occurred on Oct. 29, 2017, in the video above.

Portsmouth Police Officer Shoots Suspect

In video recorded on Durocher’s body camera, the suspect — Deontrace Ward — can be seen running from police, ignoring commands. Durocher pursues the suspect and fires multiple rounds.

After the first two shots, Durocher yells, “He has a gun!” He continues his pursuit and gets a view of Ward running away, when he fires two more shots. Ward drops to the floor and the incident ends.

In the video, Durocher says Ward had a gun in his waistband and that he “waved” it at him. However, according to The Virginian-Pilot, police found a gun “inside the bottom of Ward’s right pant leg.”

The new indictment alleges that Durocher shot then-18-year-old Ward “with the intent to maim, disfigure, disable …Read the Rest

Source:: Tactical Life