Bodycam Shows Louisville Police Officer Firing at Fleeing Driver (WARNING - GRAPHIC CONTENT)

 



The Louisville Police Department has released body-worn camera footage capturing the events surrounding the June 7 shooting that left 25-year-old Nicholas Moses injured. The footage shows the moments leading up to the shooting, the incident itself, and the immediate aftermath. While Boulder County District Attorney Michael Dougherty has already cleared Officer Seth Lamb of any criminal wrongdoing, the Louisville Police Department is continuing an internal investigation to determine whether departmental procedures were properly followed.The shooting occurred at the Village Square Shopping Center on South Boulder Road. Officers Seth Lamb and Ben Himes responded to a report of suspicious individuals and potential drug activity in the parking lot. When they arrived, they encountered Nicholas Moses sitting in the driver’s seat of a pickup truck. His father, John Moses, and a dog were in the passenger seat.

According to the footage from Officer Himes’s body-worn camera, Nicholas initially complied with officer commands, stepping out of the vehicle. However, he abruptly ran back into the driver’s seat, prompting Officer Lamb to follow him and reach through the driver’s side window in an attempt to stop him. At this point, Officer Himes deployed his stun gun, but Nicholas remained in the driver’s seat and began trying to put the truck into gear.

Officer Lamb, alternating between his service weapon and stun gun, can be heard repeatedly shouting, “Get out of the car right now!” followed by an expletive-laced warning: “I will [expletive] shoot you.” Moments later, the footage shows Moses backing up the truck and then moving forward, driving past Lamb. Lamb responds by firing seven shots into the driver’s side of the vehicle. The truck crashed a short distance away

Nicholas Moses was hit twice in the arm. After the crash, Officer Lamb is seen helping him out of the vehicle and applying a tourniquet to his injured arm. Meanwhile, Officer Himes placed John Moses in handcuffs. The dog in the passenger seat was killed in the gunfire.

In the video, Nicholas can be heard asking, “Am I going to die?” Officer Lamb responds, “You’re not going to die,” while applying the tourniquet. Moses then says, “I’m sorry. I just didn’t want to go to jail.” Later, while being taken into custody, he tells his father, “It wasn’t his idea, it was mine. Dad, I’m sorry.” Officer Lamb is heard telling Moses, “That was a stupid idea. You rammed my patrol car and I thought you were going to run us over. That’s why I shot you.”

However, bodycam footage does not show either officer standing in front of the vehicle at the time of the shooting. Eyewitnesses also stated that the truck did not appear to be driving directly toward the officers. The district attorney’s report noted that state law permits officers to use physical force to prevent an escape or defend against perceived threats, as long as their belief in the threat is deemed reasonable.

Louisville Police Department’s own use-of-force guidelines state that officers should avoid firing at a moving vehicle unless no other options are available to avert an imminent threat, or if deadly force is being directed at the officer or others from within the vehicle.

Officer Lamb also told investigators that he saw Moses reaching around inside the truck, which made him concerned that Moses might have been trying to access a weapon. However, no weapon other than drugs was reported found in the vehicle.

The police department declined to comment on the status of its internal investigation. Both Lamb and Himes were initially placed on administrative leave following the incident but have since returned to limited duty.

Nicholas Moses now faces a series of charges, including felony menacing, resisting arrest, reckless endangerment, and drug possession. His father is facing two counts of drug possession. Police reported finding heroin inside the vehicle. Both men are currently being held at the Jefferson County Detention Center.





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