The officer has been suspended pending an investigation, Ginther said at a news conference.
The mayor said he was “greatly disturbed” that the officer would not turn on the body camera until after the shooting.
“The function of the technology (body de camera) provides a 60-second look back,” Ginther said, but does not record audio dio.
So, investigators have a video of the shooting, but will not make a sound recording of what was said, the mayor said.
Police responded to a non-emergency call at 1:37 a.m. Tuesday, according to a Columbus Department of Public Safety news release. Calcarer reported that a man was sitting in his SUV for an extended period of time, frequently turning his engine on and off.
When police arrived at the home on the northwest side of the city, they found the garage door open and found a man inside, city officials said. The rear view in the 60-second body D-camera Mera shows the man walking towards the officer with a cell phone in his left hand, the release said. His right hand was not visible.
An officer dropped his weapon, striking the 47-year-old man, who died at the hospital at 2:30 p.m.
Officials said a preliminary investigation indicated the man was visiting someone at home. A weapon was not found at the scene.
Officers turned on their cameras immediately after the shooting, and the footage delays assisting the man.
Because officers were not responding to the emergency, they were not operating their car sirens and lights, officials said, so their cruiser’s dashboard camera was not activated at any time during the response.
Mayor Ginther said the city gives the family of the dead media a chance to see the body camera video before it is released to the media. He expects the family to review the footage on Wednesday.
“The city is empty,” Ginther said.
According to the mayor, Columbus has invested more than 5 million to equip its officers with body cameras.
Apparently frustrated Jinther said he would not tolerate officers not turning on the cameras.
“If you’re not going to turn on the camera that wears off your body, you can’t serve and protect the people of Columbus,” Ginther said.
The investigation is being handled by the Criminal Investigation Bureau and the Columbus Department of Police is cooperating fully, the mayor said.
Under an agreement reached this summer, the BCI will conduct an independent investigation, outside of the shootings involving all officers involved in the deadly force by Columbus police officers.
“This is a tragedy on many levels,” Police Chief Thomas Quinn said in a statement. “Most importantly, one life is lost. That should be our focus. We know that the BCI will conduct a full, independent investigation. We promise that we will provide as much transparency as possible with both in the investigation part. Public.
“Our community deserves facts. If the evidence determines that laws and policies have been violated, the authorities will be held accountable.”
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