Dashcam Video Shows Police
Responding to 9-1-1 Call, Show Up and Immediately Shoot the Victim
By Cassandra Fairbanks on May
12, 2015
Hollywood, SC– Newly released
dashcam footage captured a disturbing scene as Deputies Keith Tyner and Richard
Powell of the Charleston County Sheriff’s Department arrived at the home of
26-year-old Bryant Heyward, who had just been the victim of a home
invasion. Heyward had fended off the two
intruders who were threatening his home and his life, only to be critically
shot and paralyzed by those who he had desperately called for help.
On May 7, Heyward frantically
called the police to report two men attempting to break into his home. After calling the police, he called his
brother, who informed him that there was a gun in his bedroom. The suspects shot at Heyward twice, and he
returned fire, nobody was harmed, but the intruders were successfully chased
off.
“I didn’t want to shoot but I
had to,” he said.
After arriving on the scene,
the officers saw Heyward, who was still holding the weapon, and screamed “show
me your hands, show me your hands.” Immediately following the demand, one of
the officers began shooting at the innocent man- less than 2 seconds after
initiating contact.
Heyward is still hospitalized,
unable to speak or move his legs, his family told ABC that he is now paralyzed.
Heyward’s shooting was the 17th officer-involved shooting in South
Carolina this year. Last year, there were 42 officer-involved shootings in the state.
In April, a woman successfully
defended herself after her estranged husband broke into her mother’s home and
attempted to kill her. When the police
that her mother called arrived at the home, they shot her.
In February, a mother of two
called 9-1-1 to report intruders and the police showed up and killed her.
In October, a black teen with
white parents was assaulted by police in his own home because they believed he
was a robber.
In September, a man called
9-1-1 to report vandals in his home. The
police showed up and killed him.
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