Ohio police officer praised for restraint after refusing to shoot suspect
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Version 0 of 1. An Ohio police officer is being praised for holding his fire even as a suspect in a killing charged him, saying repeatedly, “shoot me”. WLWT-TV in Cincinnati reported that the tense moments were captured on Thursday on a body camera worn by New Richmond officer Jesse Kidder. The video shows Kidder backpedaling and telling 27-year-old Michael Wilcox he doesn’t want to shoot him. Wilcox is charged with killing his 25-year-old girlfriend and is a person of interest in a Kentucky killing. Kidder says dispatchers told him Wilcox could try to force a “suicide by cop” after a chaotic, violent chase. Kidder says a relative gave him the body camera following the deadly officer-involved shooting in Ferguson, Missouri last summer, which led to months of protests over perceived police brutality. Wilcox was being held on Saturday on a $2m bond. No attorney information was available. |