Muniz’s body camera records him and the other officers in a standoff with Johnson, who is holding a gun to his side, on the first floor. Johnson tells the officers to kill him.
Officers scream at Johnson to drop the gun.
Muniz, who is standing only 5 or 6 feet away, extended in a firing position, tells Johnson: “Put the gun down. We don’t want to kill you. Just drop the gun.”
“I wanna die,” Johnson says.
“No, you don’t want to die,” Muniz replies.
When officers tell Johnson they’ll get him help, he responds that he doesn’t want or need it.
McGinty in a statement praised the officers for their “remarkable restraint.”
“These officers are commended for responding with courage and for heroically fulfilling their duty to protect the public,” McGinty said.
Associated Press
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