Video Footage Shows North Carolina Man Complied With Officers That Shot Him [Video]

Video footage of the second a SWAT workforce shot a disabled North Carolina man in December has surfaced, displaying that the person complied with police instructions. 

Within the video, officers might be heard asking 41-year-old Jason Harley Kloepfer to return exterior along with his fingers up. Kloepfer and an unidentified lady seem like confused however comply. Kloepfer opens the door to the camper trailer and takes a step ahead along with his fingers up. 

Officers exterior the camper instantly start firing. Kloepfer is hit and falls again into the trailer. He instantly begins screaming, “I’m shot!” a number of occasions. Law enforcement officials proceed to demand that he come out along with his fingers up, and the lady tries to elucidate that he can’t come out as a result of he’s been shot.

Officers enter the camper, and Kloepfer tells them he doesn’t have a gun. They examine the trailer and provides it the all-clear earlier than taking the injured man exterior. They let him know an ambulance is on the way in which. 

The incident, which occurred on December 13, started when dispatchers acquired a name for pictures fired within the space. The Cherokee County Sheriff’s Division responded to the decision and arrived on the scene at 11:17 p.m. They tried to make contact with the alleged shooter, and after they have been unsuccessful, the SWAT workforce was referred to as in. 

In keeping with a press launch from the sheriff’s workplace, Kloepfer “engaged in a verbal altercation with officers and emerged from the camper trailer and confronted officers.” The incident described by the sheriff’s workplace straight conflicts with what’s depicted within the video footage. 

Fortunately, Kloepfer survived the taking pictures and was transported to Erlanger East Hospital in Chattanooga, Tennessee. He was listed in steady situation. 

He was charged with Speaking Threats and Resist, Hinder, and Delay. The incident continues to be below investigation, and it’s unclear at the moment how the video will impression the result of the investigation.