The US Park Police has released bodycam footage of the moment an officer was shot multiple times in Washington, D.C., while chasing a drug suspect.
Cops witnessed a suspected drug violation and attempted to approach a man before gunfire was exchanged in the Mount Vernon Square neighborhood on November 22.
Video of the incident shows one of the officers attempting to confront the suspect, later identified as Turell Delonte Campbell, but he immediately starts running.
The unidentified officer pleads with him to ‘get down,’ but Campbell, 30, turns around holding a gun and multiple shots were fired.
Both men were hurt in the shooting and taken to hospital for treatment but Campbell later died from injuries.
The US Park Police has released bodycam footage of the moment an officer was shot multiple times in Washington D.C. while chasing a drug suspect
Video of the incident shows one of the officers attempting to confront the suspect, later identified as Turell Delonte Campbell, but he immediately starts running
The video shows the officer getting out of his car and chasing Campbell on foot.
‘Get down, you are going to get hurt,’ he shouts at the suspect who continues to run.
Campbell replies: ‘No I’m not.’ The cop notices he is carrying a weapon and shouts ‘Let me see your hands.’
But Campbell turns around and multiple shots are fired. The cop screams in agony as he falls to the ground and the gunshots continue.
‘108, I’ve been shot,’ he shouts into his radio as he calls for backup and medical attention. ‘Send the board. I need a helicopter, please. I need a tourniquet, please.’
The officer was struck in the torso and leg multiple times. Both men were taken to hospital but Campbell later died from his injuries.
Campbell’s gun was recovered at the scene and taken in as evidence.
The shooting is being investigated by the D.C. police and an administrative investigation is being conducted by the federal Interior Department.
The unidentified officer pleads with him to ‘get down’ before he gets hurt but Campbell, 30, says ‘No I’m not’ and turns around holding a gun
Multiple shots are fired and the cop screams in agony as he falls to the ground
‘108, I’ve been shot,’ he shouts into his radio as he calls for backup and medical attention
A US Park Police spokesman told DailyMail.com: ‘The United States Park Police officer received multiple gunshot injuries.’
Campbell reportedly had a lengthy criminal history in the district, including a murder charge which was later dropped.
He was charged with the murder of 25-year-old Isiah Agyekum in 2015 but this was dismissed due to a ‘government witness availability issue’, according to NBC Washington.
He was also charged with selling crack cocaine in Penn Quarter in 2019 and threatening to shoot a housing authority police officer in 2020, but these charges were later dropped by prosecutors.
Campbell was again arrested in 2020 on gun and drug charges. He pleaded guilty to the drug offenses while the gun charge was dropped and was handed an 18-month probation sentence in February 2023.