Officers were attempting to serve a warrant on a man wanted on rape charges when they encountered the suspect in the parking lot.
GROVE CITY, Ohio — The Columbus Police Department released body camera video Tuesday showing officers fatally shooting an Athens County man wanted for rape.
Police said the officers were trying to serve an arrest warrant Brett Andrews, 46, at Home Depot on Stringtown Road in Grove City on Sunday.
Body camera video of one of the officers, later identified as Matthew Lifford, shows him pulling into a parking lot, getting out of his vehicle and pulling out a weapon. Lifford can be heard telling Andrews, who is sitting in the passenger seat of a parked car, to put his hands up. The officer can be heard saying Andrews is reaching before he and another officer fire their weapons. The video shows Lifford firing three shots while another officer fired at least five shots.
Officer Robert Cutshall’s body camera video begins after the shots are fired. Cutshall can be heard saying that Andrews is holding a gun next to his right hand as other officers break a car window to get him out.
Sergeant David Scarpitti said a handgun was recovered at the scene.
The video shows officers pulling Andrews from the vehicle. An officer can be heard saying Andrews has one gunshot wound to the arm and chest, while another officer says Andrews also has a head wound.
Andrews was taken to Grant Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead about 30 minutes after the shooting.
Court records say Andrews was wanted for rape.
The driver of the vehicle in which Andrews was shot was handcuffed, but it is unclear if he has been arrested.
The Ohio State Bureau of Criminal Investigation is investigating the shooting.
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