A white police officer in Shreveport, Tennessee, was arrested on Thursday for taking pictures and killing a Black man who was working from police responding to the scene of a reported home disturbance.
Shreveport officer Alexander Tyler, 23, was charged with negligent murder within the demise of 43-year-old Alonzo Sentell Bagley. Louisiana State Police launched physique digital camera footage of Tyler firing a single shot at Bagley the evening of Feb. 3.
Authorities mentioned officers had been responding to a name for a home disturbance difficulty, 911 audio of which was additionally launched Thursday. Once they arrived on the house, Bagley mentioned he needed to are likely to his canine, then jumped over a railing on the house balcony. He ran from the constructing parking zone; Tyler and one other officer chased after him.
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Tyler fired as Bagley rounded a nook, putting Bagley within the chest.
Within the video, Bagley could be heard saying, “Oh God, you shot me,” as he slumped to the bottom.
Tyler could be heard saying, “no man, no man, come on, dude,” whereas performing assist afterward.
“Upon rounding a nook of the constructing, Officer Tyler noticed Mr. Bagley and fired one shot from his service weapon, which struck Mr. Bagley within the chest,” Col. Lamar Davis, the superintendent of Louisiana State Police, mentioned at a information convention earlier this month.
After the taking pictures, Tyler made “a number of statements claiming the suspect got here towards him and he couldn’t see his arms,” in response to courtroom paperwork by state police. Investigators didn’t discover any weapons in Bagley’s possession.
The Bagley household’s lawyer, Ron Haley, mentioned, “Alonzo was simply so, so scared. Everybody on the scene, together with the perpetrator Alexander Tyler, knew Mr. Bagley shouldn’t have been shot that evening.”
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The household has filed a $10 million lawsuit in opposition to Tyler.
Haley mentioned working from police would not warrant a “demise sentence.”
“Flight doesn’t imply shoot to kill,” Haley mentioned. “Flight doesn’t imply you’re the choose, jury and executioner, and that’s what occurred.
Tyler was out on a $25,000 bond as of Thursday afternoon. Shreveport Police Chief Wayne Smith mentioned Tyler has been on paid administrative go away because the incident.
Contributing: The Related Press
