On April 18th, 2024, in Canton, Ohio, police responded to reports of a car crash along Sherrick Road Southeast. Officers soon traced the suspect, Frank Tyson, to a nearby Amvets post, where the situation quickly escalated. >> 911, where's your emergency? >> Uh yes, ma'am. Somebody I I missed it, but I heard a ball somebody hit a pole out in front of our house, and they left. And it's in the middle of the street. We need help right now. >> Okay, where are you Where are you calling from, ma'am? >> 10 10 21 Sherrick. Oh, James James, calm down. Okay, my neighbor's going after him. Please send them right now. That my neighbor's making sure they don't leave. We need Yeah, he's just making sure they don't take off, cuz they so They're dope This is dope house across the street. Just get here, please, soon. >> Okay, yes, ma'am. We'll get them out there. >> Bye. >> night traffic >> Did you call? >> I did. Yes. Do you want me to come out? >> Yeah, can you? >> The guy who did this, he's in the VFW. He ran in there. >> He ran in where? >> right now. Yeah, and his car's right here. >> All right. >> Yeah, he's in the VFW right now. >> Burt's, you want to come with me? Apparently, the male ditched the vehicle in 1732 Sherrick and ran inside. We'll be checking the building for Did you see him? ball on Yeah, we're not moving the cruisers cuz I don't need that getting hit. >> You want to uh Is there anybody in there? >> What did he say? He said he ran into this building? >> he was up here. >> What's that? >> I'm here. Face down. Get out of the vehicle. This side. Have your going to Everybody's terrible. >> All right. >> I remember him in this bar. >> All right, yeah, we'll go get him out. >> Look at what they're He's a black gentleman, have your set, has a white shirt. He came in running. He came in running in the bathroom. He's coming out now. No. No. White shirt. >> White shirt. >> White shirt. My car is right there in the back. >> How did he get in then? >> I don't think the door was closed all the way right. He came running in. And there's no other way in here or out. He didn't call 911. >> Inside the bar, Frank is already terrified and de-escalation may be the only way to avoid disaster. >> That's that gentleman standing there. >> Right there. >> Please get him out of here now. >> I ain't leaving that bar. No, he's killing me. >> No, we're going outside. >> He's killing me. >> We're going to >> No, he's killing me. You ain't killing me tonight. You ain't killing me. YOU CAN'T KILL NO, NO. NO, HE'S TRYING TO KILL ME. HE'S TRYING TO THEY'RE ON AIR. HE'S TRYING TO KILL ME. THEY'RE TRYING TO KILL ME. THEY'RE TRYING TO KILL ME. YOU'RE THE [ __ ] AIR. THEY'RE TRYING TO KILL THEY'RE TRYING TO WHY ARE THEY TRYING TO KILL THEY'RE TRYING TO KILL ME. THEY'RE TRYING TO KILL ME. HE'S KILLING ME. HE'S TRYING TO KILL ME. THEY'RE ON AIR. HUH? THEY'RE TRYING TO KILL ME. THEY'RE TRYING TO KILL HE'S KILLING >> GET ON THE [ __ ] GROUND. >> THEY'RE GOING TO GET SPRAYED. They're going to get sprayed. DON'T SPRAY. >> I GOT IT. HERE IT GOES. YOU WANT THAT ONE? Say you want it. You're good. You're good. Use other hand. >> CALM DOWN. CALM DOWN. STOP FIGHTING. YOU'RE FINE. Appreciate you guys. Nope, we're good. >> Frank is already unconscious, yet the officers treat it like it's just another routine moment. >> Yep. >> Scooter micro zero >> Cuz we're we're parked out there down there. >> Yeah. >> You said this door is the the closest out? >> It was yeah. >> I'll get it. >> You guys want to bring your car up here for >> You having a problem? >> Yeah. >> Go bring it up here. I'll >> You Yeah. >> I'll stay with him. >> Calm down. Stop fighting. Stop fighting. >> I didn't want to get in the middle >> I didn't either. That's why I waited for them to get here cuz that way they can't say I did something. I walked up and happened. >> I was hoping for a good tussle. >> [laughter] >> I've I've wanted to be in a bar fight. I don't know if this counts. Yeah, chalk it up, man. >> It's your story. >> [laughter] >> I was ready I was ready to throw him out when I was getting ready to throw him out when he was getting sprayed with you, but I'm like, "No, I'll wait. Wait till these guys show up." No, I just I just learned that I just learned to wait till these guys show up because then he can't say I did so. >> You never put that over the radio. >> Huh? >> You never put that over the radio. >> What? >> I called out over the radio when they were [ __ ] anything about it. >> Awesome. Now I know that >> Did he calm down? >> Yeah, I don't he might be out. >> When Officer Camdin checks Frank's pulse, his reaction says it all. Something has gone terribly wrong. >> Stand up. Set him up. On the side of something. Come on, man. >> [applause] >> Can you breathe okay? >> Yeah, he's breathing okay. >> I have medics coming. >> I don't want him to start fighting again. >> Oh, I didn't know [music] he was fighting. >> Oh, he was Yeah, I think he was. >> Is he a pulse person? >> I think so. >> 820 37 83 83, does he have a pulse? >> I didn't feel one. Can you tell medics to step it up? He was not responsive. I don't know if I can feel a pulse. Come on, man. >> 82 82, go ahead. I heard you transport them first. He should be around there as well. 10-4 >> Come on. >> You really buddy? >> Come on, man. All right, do you want to step in? All right, just keep doing CPR on him. >> 829 29 >> We came in here, he saw us, he said, "I'm not going with you. He started fighting with us. We took him down. He's breathing. Come on. Come on, Frank. Stay with us. Come on. >> Yeah, he's on another call. >> One person out of hand. >> They're on these calls. What do they need out there? >> A male out here that was involved in an accident, went unconscious, and now they're doing CPR on him. >> What's the location that I lost earlier? >> Going to be the 1700 block of Scarecrow County, Precinct 303. >> We called them. They weren't here in like 6, 7 minutes. Told them to step on it, and still not here. >> All right. >> Yep. >> Can I get another dose? >> I gave him one already. That's three now. >> You want three kits, correct? >> Come on. Come on, Frank. Stay with us. Come on. >> So, you were fighting? >> Mhm. >> Did he just drop? Did you hit him? >> No. No. >> No, nothing. >> We we tripped him onto the ground. He was still yelling. Lots of blood underneath. We picked him up, laid him on the ground. >> Okay. >> Face first or face down or face up? >> He was He was sideways when we got him on his stomach. >> Do you have any idea on him? Age? >> Yeah, yeah, yeah. You have a driver's license? >> I think it's this is going to be a hard >> 40. >> He was not He was not bending at all. >> Did he have Did he have Was he holding onto the counter? Cuz I swept one leg, he wasn't going, then I got both, and he was still >> I had him pinned up against the counter because I decided to >> Got it. I'll talk to you all about >> Well, you know, I had a weird I had a weird feeling about this call, that's why I came to it. >> Well, yeah. I was Everyone was talking about some like crazy calls that they had at the hall. >> When they said when they when the caller said to here try to keep her there, that's when I turned around >> on the intercom. >> We got We're going to We're calling the crash team right now. So, for what it's For what it's worth, get as much information as you guys can get, so in case if it does in case the crash team doesn't come in. >> Mhm. >> But most likely, even though he may have been having a heart attack, and that's why all this happened. And we don't know. >> Mhm. >> Um so, >> I'll go get >> Yeah, so just But what I Yeah, whatever you do, just get as many photos as you can, and then just don't touch anything, cuz they're going to measure everything. So, if you just want to see what you can get. I wouldn't touch too much in the car, but see what any information you can get out of the car. >> Yep. >> Um In August 2024, the Stark County Coroner's Office ruled Frank's death a homicide. After reviewing the findings from the Ohio Bureau of Criminal Investigation, prosecutors presented the case to a grand jury. In early November, officers Shoenega and Birch were each indicted on one count of reckless homicide.