A white police officer in Shreveport, Tennessee, was arrested on Thursday for shooting and killing a Black man who was running from police responding to the scene of a reported domestic disturbance.
Shreveport officer Alexander Tyler, 23, was charged with negligent homicide in the death of 43-year-old Alonzo Sentell Bagley. Louisiana State Police released body camera footage of Tyler firing a single shot at Bagley the night of Feb. 3.
Authorities said officers were responding to a call for a domestic disturbance issue, 911 audio of which was also released Thursday. When they arrived at the apartment, Bagley said he had to tend to his dog, then jumped over a railing on the apartment balcony. He ran from the building parking lot; Tyler and another officer chased after him.
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Tyler fired as Bagley rounded a corner, striking Bagley in the chest.
In the video, Bagley can be heard saying, “Oh God, you shot me,” as he slumped to the ground.
Tyler can be heard saying, “no man, no man, come on, dude,” while performing aid afterward.
“Upon rounding a corner of the building, Officer Tyler observed Mr. Bagley and fired one shot from his service weapon, which struck Mr. Bagley in the chest,” Col. Lamar Davis, the superintendent of Louisiana State Police, said at a news conference earlier this month.
After the shooting, Tyler made “multiple statements claiming the suspect came toward him and he could not see his hands,” according to court documents by state police. Investigators did not find any weapons in Bagley’s possession.
The Bagley family’s attorney, Ron Haley, said, “Alonzo was just so, so scared. Everyone at the scene, including the perpetrator Alexander Tyler, knew Mr. Bagley should not have been shot that night.”
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The family has filed a $10 million lawsuit against Tyler.
Haley said running from police doesn’t warrant a “death sentence.”
“Flight does not mean shoot to kill,” Haley said. “Flight does not mean you are the judge, jury and executioner, and that’s what happened.
Tyler was out on a $25,000 bond as of Thursday afternoon. Shreveport Police Chief Wayne Smith said Tyler has been on paid administrative leave since the incident.
Contributing: The Associated Press
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