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Cincinnati police released body camera and security camera video footage showing the harrowing moment when officers shot and killed a gunman who opened fire on a downtown bank on Thursday morning. Surveillance video from the Fifth Third Bank headquarters near the city’s Fountain Square shows the gunman, identified by police as 29-year-old Omar Perez from Northbend, Ohio, walking methodically through the building. Perez, wearing a long-sleeved shirt, pants and a shoulder bag, could be seen behind the security turnstile, pointing his gun forward. In one clip, a security officer could seen helping a man off the ground and to safety before Perez walks by moments later. Isaac described the security guard’s actions as “heroic.” The gunman could be seen taking “shots at anyone he sees,” Cincinnati Police Chief Eliot Isaac said in a press conference Friday. Later, when Perez appears to see the officers approaching, he turns to run away but is propelled forward after he is struck by gunfire. Isaac also played body camera footage from two of the officers who engaged the suspect and 911 calls reporting the shooting. Officers approaching the building could hear multiple gunshots ringing out, which “enabled the officers to pinpoint the shooter’s location,” Isaac said. As the officers ran toward the building, they spotted the gunman “actively firing shots in the first-floor lobby,” the police chief said.
Four officers then engaged the subject, shooting him through the glass window, Isaac said. The officers fired 11 rounds, eight from 9 mm handguns, two rounds from a shotgun and 1 round from a rifle, Isaac said. By the time one officer cracked open the door to the lobby, the gunman was on the ground, the body camera footage shows. The officers then entered the building, subdued the suspect and began to render aid to the victims, Isaac said. In a 911 call, a woman can be heard telling an emergency dispatcher that she’s locked in a bathroom with others. The emergency dispatcher tells her to stay there and wait for officers, who were already on the scene. The 911 center received “hundreds of calls” reporting the shooting, the emergency dispatcher said. Three people were killed and two injured in the shooting. The injured are still being treated in the hospital, Isaac said. Perez arrived at the location in his own vehicle and parked his car on a nearby street, Isaac said. He then entered through the side of the building and opened fire before continuing into the lobby are and firing more shots, Isaac said. About 4 minutes, 28 seconds passed between when Perez fired his first shot and he was stopped by officers, Isaac said. Emergency dispatcher received the first 911 call about 55 seconds after Perez fired the first shot, Isaac said.
Fire personnel determined Perez dead at the scene, the police chief said. Coroners will determine how many times he was struck be police gunfire. Perez was armed with a Taurus 9mm semi-automatic handgun, which was legally purchased from a Cincinnati gun store in August, Isaac said. He fired 35 rounds during the shooting, but while exchanging gunfire with police, his firearm malfunctioned and jammed, according to the police chief. Perez had about 200 rounds of extra ammunition in the briefcase he was carrying, Isaac said. Investigators have not yet determined a motive for the shooting. Police believe he may have been trying to eventually make his way to the federal courthouse. Perez was not a current or former employee of the bank, Isaac said at a press conference Thursday. He had been living in Cincinnati since 2015 at seven different addresses, Isaac said. He had been issued several citations in the area but did not have a local criminal history. Perez also has a “brief criminal history” in South Carolina and Palm Beach, Florida, Isaac said. Court documents show that Perez filed two lawsuits against NBC Universal, Inc. and CNBC Universal Media in the Southern District of Ohio earlier this year, alleging that the oranizations used his cell phone harvest and broadcast his personal information. No such broadcasts appear to have been aired, ABC Cincinnati station WCPO reported.
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2:20 negligent discharge? Or just didn't know where the shooter was with the window glare and panicked?
Who are the two clowns wearing what looks like sheriffs uniforms at the beginning. If those were police officers they didnt respond to the threat very well
The duration of any mass shooting is dependent on how much ammo the shooter brought, and the speed in which an armed counter response can get on scene! If we as a society were to have learned anything from the shooting of Rep. Steve Scalise at the congressional soft ball practice,as well as the 1997 North Hollywood shootout, is that it takes an IMMEDIATE armed response to prevent loss of life.
1:29 omg Such a brave people our great Police Officers . most people hear shoot run but heroes are trowing themself to save lives. Thank you God Bless you . Be safe .
He's dead, Jim.
55 seconds it took for someone to call 911 after the first shot, that left 3 people dead. Idk about you but I start dialing when someone bangs on my door too violently.
Hit the off button. 🇺🇸
0:37 He got tackled by a bullet…
What is this the senior citizens unit of the p.d.
HE FLOPPED😂😂
1:47 Can just leave a gun laying there? I guess in that type of situation they can?
Great work by all the officers involved in a very stressful situation.
Savage female fire.
Everybody do the flop! 0:37
The female cop is one brave badass
1:39 When you find a gun and ammunition in Dayz but no mag
For the most part I really love cops
I'm a simple man – I see "Fatally" I click
Everybody do the flop 0:37
It was labelled offensive because the thug's name was Omar.
Liberals are a disease on society.
Damn, woman! You nailed his @$$! The fine motor skills of us females never fails! En pointe!
Damn!
That Dude got blasted!
Offensive video? I guess the bad guys family found the video online…..
Good job guys !
PS : At 1:40 I feared she would shoot her partner.
Not offensive
Its offensive because you see when dude caught one to the head. People need to just not play the video and back out before. Dont go looking for something when it involves death and then report it. Lames
ULTIMATE FACEPLANT
Nothing but respect for the men and women in blue.
Good strategic work officers.
If he was alive he could have had a lawsuit because there were no caution floor is wet
He belly flopoed
To be fare, this is the least offensive/inappropriate video I've watched on PoliceActivity during the last 15 minutes
1:39 when your teammate pulls your mag in pavlov.
Ha he ate dirt fucking pos
“I’m surprised that the female officer did not shoot the other officersâ€
unloaded AR15
this guy is in the police??? WTF
That idiot cop hit his mag release on his AR…lol
why did officer dump rifle that's the 3rd time I've seen that under similar circumstances ? jam? user error?
FUCK YOUTUBE FOR TRYING TO TAKE THIS CONTENT OFF PEOPLE NEED TO SEE THIS AND LEARN THAT POLICE DONT HAVE IT EASY AND THAT ITS LIFE OR DEATH ALMOST EVERY DAY FOR THEK