'Keep Breathing, Buddy': Baltimore Police Release Footage Of Police-Involved Shooting
BALTIMORE (WJZ) -- Baltimore Police released the first body-worn camera footage from a police-involved shooting on Wednesday.
"Keep breathing, buddy" the video shows one officer telling the 48-year-old man as CPR is performed on him.
The video can be viewed in its entirety below. **
**Warning: This video contains graphic imagery and language.**
The suspect is still hospitalized in stable condition with what are described as non-life threatening injuries. The shooting occurred Friday morning.
Police identified the officers involved as Officer Gary Brown and Officer Supreme Jones.
BPD spokesman T.J. Smith says Jones was the officer performing CPR on the suspect in the recording.
Authorities say the officers first attempted to bring the man, who was wielding knives in the 330 block of Greenmount Avenue around 9:30 a.m. Friday, under control with a taser.
"I've got one life to live and I'm going to give it," he can be heard saying on the body cam recording.
When the man continued to behave erratically, Officers Brown and Jones shot the man multiple times.
Police Commissioner Kevin Davis said at Wednesday's press conference that the man has a history of mental health issues, and had another episode recently that indicated such problems. Smith said he has a history of suicide attempts.
According to our media partners at The Baltimore Sun, there have been 11 shootings by Baltimore police this year, but authorities have said none until now had been captured on body camera.
About 600 Baltimore Police officers have had the cameras as part of their uniforms since the rollout of the $11.6 million program began in May.
This story will be updated as more information becomes available.
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