Terrifying body cam video released from shootout with Orlando police, 3 suspects
Terrifying body cam video released from shootout with Orlando police, 3 suspects
WESH 2 NEWS STARTS RIGHT NOW. >> WATCH OUT, WATCH OUT, WATCH OUT! [GUNFIRE] SUMMER: A DRAMATIC SHOOTOUT CAPTURED ON CAMERA. TODAY, ORLANDO POLICE RELEASED THIS BODY CAMERA FOOTAGE FROM THE MOMENT THREE YOUNG MEN STARTED FIRING AT OFFICERS YESTERDAY AFTERNOON. THE SHOOTING HAPPENED BY AN APARTMENT COMPLEX NEAR CAMPING WORLD STADIUM. STEWART: WHILE TWO OF THE SUSPECTS WERE ARRESTED, THE SEARCH CONTINUES FOR THE THIRD WHO IS STILL ON THE RUN. WESH 2’S MARLEI MARTINEZ JOINS US NOW LIVE WITH THE LATEST ON THE INVESTIGATION. MARLEI, MARLEI: SO WE KNEW FROM ORLANDO POLICE THAT THE TWO OFFICERS WHO WERE OUT YESTERDAY WERE CHECKING OUT A CRIMELINE TIP. BUT WE LEARNED THE THREE YOUNG MEN THEY RAN INTO HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH THE TIP WHEN BULLETS STARTED FLYING. DON’T BLINK, BECAUSE THIS SITUATION ESCALATES VERY QUICKLY. >> WATCH OUT, WATCH OUT, WATCH OUT, WATCH OUT, SHOTS FIRED. SHOTS FIRED. MARLEI: TWO ORLANDO POLICE OFFICERS IN A GUN BATTLE WITH THREE YOUNG MEN. >> GIVE ME THE RIFLE. MARLEI: THIS INTENSE SCENE UNFOLDING JUST BEFORE 1:00 ON TUESDAY. POLICE SAY THE OFFICERS WERE CHECKING UP ON A CRIMELINE TIP WHEN THEY CAME ACROSS THREE YOUNG MEN ON BIKES - WHO HAD GUNS. THE POLICE WERE NOT ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THEM. THIS HAPPENED NEAR AN APARTMENT COMPLEX ON JACOBS PLACE. >> HEY SIR. YOU GUYS ALL GOOD UP THERE? MARLEI: JUST A FIVE MINUTE WALK SOUTH FROM CAMPING WORLD STADIUM. THIS IS WHAT THE SCENE LOOKED LIKE AFTER THE SHOOTOUT. THE UNMARKED POLICE SUV RIDDLED WITH BULLET HOLES. POLICE SAY THE OFFICERS WERE PART OF THEIR ' ’SPECIAL ENFORCEMENT DIVISION’ AND WERE WEARING CLOTHES MARKED ' ’POLICE.’ BUT THE POLICE CHIEF SAYS IT’S UNCLEAR IF THE YOUNG MEN KNEW THESE WERE OFFICERS, SINCE THEY OPENED FIRE ON THE SUV WHILE THE POLICE WERE STILL INSIDE. TAKE A LOOK AGAIN AT THE VIDEO, POLICE SAY THE OFFICERS WERE FORCED TO SHOOT BACK FROM INSIDE BULLETS PIERCING THE FRONT WINDSHIELD. ON WEDNESDAY, POLICE IDENTIFIED TWO OF THE SUSPECTS, 22-YEAR-OLD JAMEON BROWN AND 17-YEAR-OLD TRAVIS WESTON BOTH ARRESTED AND FACING THE SAME CHARGES. >> CHARGED WITH ATTEMPTED FIRST-DEGREE MURDER OF A LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER WITH A FIREARM AND AGGRAVATED ASSAULT WITH A FIREARM. MARLEI: BROWN SHOWED UP IN COURT FOR THE FIRST TIME ON WEDNESDAY. >> EVEN WHILE IN CUSTODY YOU CAN HAVE NO CONTACT WITH ANY VICTIM, WITNESS OR CODEFENDANT IN THIS CASE. DO YOU UNDERSTAND WHAT NO CONTACT MEANS? >> YES MA’AM. MARLEI: THIS - AS THE THIRD SUSPECT IS STILL ON THE RUN. OF THE TWO YOUNG MEN WHO WERE ARRESTED, ONE WAS INJURED IN THE LEG, THE OERTH, THE ARM. THEY WERE TREATED AND THEN BOOKED. IT’S UNCLEAR IF THE 17-YEAR-OLD WILL BE TRIED AS AN ADULT. NEITHER OF THE OFFICERS WERE HU
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Terrifying body cam video released from shootout with Orlando police, 3 suspects
The frightening video above shows the Orlando police body camera footage from a shootout with three young men."Watch out, watch out, watch out, watch out!" officers said. "Shots fired. Shots fired."
ORLANDO, Fla. —
The frightening video above shows the Orlando police body camera footage from a shootout with three young men.
"Watch out, watch out, watch out, watch out!" officers said. "Shots fired. Shots fired."
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