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The Bureau of Criminal Apprehension has released body camera videos and case files associated with the November 2015 officer-involved shooting of a 45-year-old man. Earlier this month, the Anoka County Attorney announced a grand jury cleared the two officers who fired at Michael Kirvelay. Sgt. Erik Johnston, who fired one shot, was wearing a body camera. Fridley police officer Shawn Murphy, who fired three shots, was not wearing one. Kirvelay was holding an unloaded air soft gun at the time of the shooting.
It was a replica of a Smith and Wesson 45 caliber pistol and did not have an orange tip. The 90 minutes of body camera video show the 12 minutes leading up to the shooting and the aftermath. As Columbia Heights police enter, they hear a woman’s voice scream, “Yeah, we are scared, please.” One woman escapes out the back, and that’s when officers apparently see Kirvelay is armed.
“Put the gun down and come out. I want to see your hands,” Columbia Heights police officer Hashim Abdullahi told him.
The body cameras worn by the Columbia Heights police officers don’t give a clear look at Kirvelay, who was at the end of the hallway inside his sister’s cleaning business with one sister still inside the next room.
Officer Abdullahi and his partner Jacqueline Thurmes were both wearing body cameras. For
“I need a favor Michael. Put down the gun. Put it down,” Abdullahi said.
“I’m scared, sir,” Kirvelay responded.
“Listen this is the police department. I need you to put that down,” Abdullahi said.
For nine minutes, officers Abdullahi and Thurmes say upwards of a hundred times, “Put down the gun,” — “Show both hands” — or — “Lie on the ground.”
“Put that down,” Abdullahi said.
“No,” Kirvelay responded.
“Put down the gun, Michael,” Thurmes said.
“No,” Kirvelay said. “It’s just a BB gun.”
Kirvelay says three times it is a BB gun, and he refuses to put it down. State investigators created an animation in the case file to show how similar Kirvelay’s gun looks compared to a real 45-caliber.
“I’m asking you nicely. That thing looks like a gun. I need you to put it down,” Abdullahi said. And as Kirvelay began to approach him, he added, “Do not come near me. I’m telling you that right now. Throw it down on the ground.
Kirvelay still said no.
At some point, Columbia Heights Sgt. Erik Johnston and Fridley Officer Shawn Murphy entered the building. Sgt. Johnston took the first shot. Then Officer Murphy fired three times. According to police reports, both officers say right before the shooting, Kirvelay pulled his sister Denise Larson into hallway and used her as a shield. She told police afterwards that Kirvelay had a gun to the back of her neck. But the body cameras didn’t show that sequence or any clear view of what officers were looking at as they fired, as Sgt. Johnston’s camera was blocked by some clothing hanging in the room. And Murphy, the Fridley officer, wasn’t wearing a camera. Kirvelay’s family has maintained the shooting was unjustified. They say their brother, who was found to have meth in his system, has mental issues. They believe police could have handled him without using deadly force.
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"Damn, I wish we had some sirens to turn on."
Female Cop: "I got you, man."
Did he yell the N word at 2:53?
Im sorry but male cops should be the ones giving orders. Females screaming just make the situation more stressful. Not trying to be sexist.
Now I know who to call if I need a maid
WoW 2 for one. The screening lady in the background is also the cop.
99% of All Cops are a waste of tax dollars
that woman screaming derailed that whole situation
Lol
MAID ORDER lol
I was expecting the male cop to turn around at the female cop like
"Can you please stfu?".
Somebody please shut that screaming female cop…and they should have shot that bloke long before that.
Somebody please silence that hysterical screaming female cop .
The Police caused this to happen with their ridiculous yelling. I would want to shoot all of them just for that stupid brain dead yelling.
I dont see the female fault on this on. She was following her co officers on this.
Is she yelling at her child?
the one thing i hate hearing is multiple officers giving commands, no wonder ppl get shot, they don't know who to listen to or what the officers want from them…like bitch officer shut the fuck up and let the other officer give commands or tell him to shut the fuck up and you take over giving commands
police depts across the nation need to start training officers to let one person give commands. the rest of y'all all hyped up on adrenaline? STFU
I think women cops feel naturally inadequate due to the nature of the job so to compensate they do stupid extra shit to get "involved" and show everyone else theie contributing. And even when they try to contribute it is just them parroting whatever the lead officer is saying at the top of their screechy lungs. Seriously women cops stfu and quit escalating shit for no reason, your costing lives. Jesus fucking christ.
For goodness sakes people need to learn how to COMPLY
For some odd reason I want to order a maid.
Female cops should only respond as backups, worthless
shut the fuck up, fucking cop bitch !!!!
“On the ground right noooooowâ€
Screeching banshee springs to mind 😫🤦â€â™‚ï¸
Behind every great cop, is a female cop calling for backup.
Was there a toddler in the room cause it sounded like she was telling her toddler off.
1 voice. Please. only 1 voice.
Is she a fucking parrot or what?
Again and again and again. Why do they allow female to become police officer? At most they should just be doing clerical work for the department.
So from what I can tell, the cops wanted the guy to spin around with the gun waving in a circular motion – but not 100% sure. The cops weren't really clear on that.
The voice, I could not watch all.
insert comment bashing the female officer while safely behind my keyboard
If you have a gun, ANY gun, in your hand and the police tell you drop it and you don't they are going to shoot you and probably kill you.
Is this hoarders
The female officer was just repeating what the front officer was yelling.
I hope they clean better than they keep their office.
Does not matter if it's "just" a bb gun, they don't know of you're lying or not. Just follow instructions and 9 times out of 10 you're not going to be shot….
Great video showing female cops hiding behind the male cops…thru the entire situation. The reason she is yelling is to show the other officers that she is "involved" but female cops usually just hang back until the situation is settled the they run to "help" with the escorting of the cuffed criminal.
If this bitch dont shut the fuk up. Gawddamn!
Good thing chickypoo was there.
dirty over packed office wtf is this place. weird there's a sign for maid cleaning lol
" was found to have meth in his system". End of story.
The female provided only noisy distraction. She actually made the situation more dangerous in several ways. To stupid and having something to prove, could not follow and learn and stfu.
Seriously the amount of videos i watch with two cops yelling at the same time. This woman is no different to any other USA cop that yells incessantly.
If I was the male cop I would have turned around and said STFU
I realize with tension and adrenaline running high, and everyone is very excited and scared for their lives, the thing they have to learn is only one person shouting orders. I have seen so many of these where there are like 10-12-16 cops all yelling something. One says, show me your hands, another says lay down, someone else says, stop right there…Someone has to take charge and tell the others to keep quiet.
A cleaning business. ..wtf