A stolen car starred in a true
cinematographic raid
through the streets of the American city of Baltimore when its driver, wanting to escape from the police, ended up unleashing a succession of events that included
a crash, the collapse of a building, and the death of a pedestrian
.
The Maryland Attorney General's Office released on Thursday the video of the episode, which occurred on February 8 around 9 p.m., when the police
tried to stop a vehicle that was reported stolen
, according to the prosecutor's office, which is investigating the case. case.
The car -a black Hyundai Sonata- fled and the police officers began to chase it at full speed, until, according to one of the videos of the event, the vehicle collided with another when passing a traffic light
in Red
at the corner of North Wolfe and East North Avenue in eastern Baltimore.
Out of control, the Hyundai
violently rammed a man
- Alfred Fincher, 54 - who was walking down one of the sidewalks in the intersection,
killing him immediately
.
Both vehicles also
hit an abandoned house located right on the ochava
.
After a timid first sway, the two-story building
collapsed
, showering bricks and debris on the two cars.
In one of the videos of the incident, it can be seen how the patrol cars begin to arrive at the scene of the crash and shortly after the police officers approach the vehicles to try to help the occupants of the cars that were almost completely covered with debris.
The police arrested the driver of the stolen vehicle.
At least five other people were injured and hospitalized, none seriously.
ongoing investigation
Along with the disclosure of the videos of the events, the Prosecutor's Office announced that it has
launched an investigation into the agents who participated in the capture of the driver of the stolen car
, identified as Shawn Lee Brunson, 33 years old.
It's that under local law,
police can only pursue a vehicle if it presents a direct threat
or there is reasonable suspicion that the driver committed a crime that caused death or injury before fleeing.
Maryland law prohibits initiating a pursuit if the initial offense is a property crime, such as vehicle theft or traffic violations.
Images from one of the videos released Thursday by the prosecution show that just before the crash, Officer Devon Yancy was chasing the stolen car for a distance of half a block.
In Yancy's body camera footage, a supervisor can be heard over the police radio saying "stop (the pursuit)" and the squad car's engine stops revving, but the crash occurs a few seconds later.
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