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Bodycam Shows Intoxicated Man Pull Gun on Police Before Officers Open Fire

   04/29/2021  41 Comments on Bodycam Shows Intoxicated Man Pull Gun on Police Before Officers Open Fire

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The NOPD on February 4, 2020 released to media video footage captured from officer’s body worn and dashboard cameras during an officer-involved shooting incident on January 25, 2020. The video, released under the department’s protocol regarding instances of officer-involved shootings, clearly shows how quickly events unfolded from the time NOPD officers first arrived at the scene to the moment when the use of deadly force was required. At 7:26 a.m. on January 25, NOPD received multiple calls of an intoxicated subject pointing a firearm at random individuals in the area of Bourbon and St. Louis streets. People fleeing the scene flagged down responding officers and directed them to the armed subject, later identified as 25-year-old Austin Bentel, who was heard and observed to be screaming and shouting profanities as he walked along the street.

Seconds after the first officer arrived on scene, Bentel was seen to approach the officer, draw a firearm and point it at that officer before the officer could exit her marked police unit. The officer, along with three other officers approaching on foot, then fired a total of 15 shots at Bentel, which resulted in Bentel being struck multiple times. Bentel was transported to an area hospital to receive treatment for his injuries. None of the officers were injured as a result of the shooting. “As shown in the video, officers had little time to react other than to defend themselves against the aggressive actions of this perpetrator,” NOPD Superintendent Shaun Ferguson said. Per standard protocol in a case when an officer’s duty weapon is discharged, the NOPD Public Integrity Bureau’s Force Investigation Team (FIT) immediately opened an investigation into the incident.

The four responding officers in this incident were:
Officer Ryeisha Warren (3 years, 11 months with NOPD)
Officer Steven Nolan (12 years, 9 months with NOPD)
Recruit Matthew Tippett (10 months with NOPD)
Recruit Sierra Cochran (6 months with NOPD)

Of the 15 total shots fired by officers, Warren and Tippett each fired six shots, while Nolan fired two shots and Cochran fired one shot. A 9mm semi -automatic handgun was recovered from Bentel’s possession in this incident. Investigators believe Bentel was pulling the trigger during the incident, but that his firearm did not discharge. It was later learned there was no magazine or ammunition in Bentel’s firearm at the time of the shooting. Investigators determined that Bentel had been drinking for several hours prior to the incident. City-owned public safety cameras captured footage of this incident, and relevant footage has been shared with the NOPD by the Real Time Crime Center. As of this writing, Bentel remains in a local hospital recovering from his injuries while in the custody of the Orleans Parish Sheriff’s Department. Per standard protocol, all four officers involved in the incident have been reassigned to administrative duties while investigation into the incident is ongoing.

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41 thoughts on “Bodycam Shows Intoxicated Man Pull Gun on Police Before Officers Open Fire”

  10. Just a small thing, when the officers have their gun on someone and they're still in the vehicle engaging, perhaps departments should train to have them engage their emergency brake rather than shift into park, as it would allow them to keep their hands free (the tahoe has a foot-activated e brake)

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  28. With a quick google search, one can surmise that the kid had gone out drinking the night before to manage his grief on the 8 month mark of his father’s death. Tragedy all round.
    From the description, sounds like he survived and the cops were unharmed, however.

  29. "The quarter is filled with grimy young hoodlums who will say and do anything, as you well know." – Clay Shaw (a.k.a. Clay Bertrand)

  34. I would've guessed by the way his body fell that it was a fatal shot, but apparently he lived.

  36. Officer 1: Shots fired. Female bystander has been hit.

    Officer 2: No she's fine. That's Karen, she's hired to scream at the end of bodycam videos.

  37. That's how a white man is shot in America, the same as a black man, justice for all under the law.
    TRUMP 2020🇺🇸👍😁👍🇺🇸

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