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Cody was unarmed and being held on the ground by Johnson and paramedic Blake Gregg when Johnson fired four shots toward a set of mobile homes, paused and fired three more, the video obtained by the USA TODAY NETWORK - Tennessee showed. He ran away from Cody and Gregg toward Sharp Road.
Mullinax walked onto his porch with a cell phone in his hand. The porch was facing Johnson. But Johnson wrote in his report he heard a noise behind him.
“I heard a male voice coming from a short distance behind me shout, ‘I’ve got a gun, (expletive),’” Johnson wrote. “I turned to notice (a suspect) pacing wildly on the porch of a nearby mobile home and then squat while aiming an object at me that appeared to be a firearm in his hand. I immediately discharged my weapon.”
Johnson issued no warning and fired over Gregg’s head.
Mullinax, records show, did not say he had a gun or threaten to harm Johnson. He had a cell phone and yelled at Johnson that he was filming the deputy’s handling of girlfriend Cody.
There are some interesting pictures from the body camera, although the angles might be deceptive in some of them. No word on where the seven rounds ended up, but nothing reported on injuries, so that's a good thing.
Great job by the paramedics. Not sure I would have returned the firearm quite so soon. He still sounded a bit uneasy. Of course, seeing him face to face perhaps put the paramedic at ease.
“Never underestimate the power of stupid people in large groups.”― George Carlin
Perhaps the better option would be to return it to his commander/chief/whatever and let them make the call. But, that is water over the dam.
scottb wrote:Great job by the paramedics. Not sure I would have returned the firearm quite so soon. He still sounded a bit uneasy. Of course, seeing him face to face perhaps put the paramedic at ease.
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