DON'T WORRY, JAY.
SHOTS FIRED. SHOTS FIRED.
>> REAR BODY cam and dash cam footage out
of Kentucky shows a state trooper's
response to serving arrest warrant.
>> I'm on this one right now.
Kentucky 27 3
young male subject
One male in the driver's seat. He is not
cooperating with the driver.
Past the middle school right now,
heading towards intersection of
Veterans.
Looking up on Veterans right now in the
middle lane of traffic.
Taking a left. Taking a left on
Whispering Hills.
He's cutting back over.
Got on Meadowbrook Circle.
Continue on Meadowbrook from the
intersection on L Whispering Hills.
Taking a right on Whispering Hills.
60 mph
There's light traffic. If I get an
opportunity to do anything with a kid,
He's signaling
>> 487, just negative on that for right
now.
>> Turn on
Butterwood Way, taking right Butterwood
Way.
Coming up on Brookshire Avenue, taking a
left on Brookshire Avenue.
We're taking a right,
taking a left.
>> 487, are you coming through 10-9?
>> I'm not sure the current direction right
now, but he just took a left.
>> 10-20, 10-20.
487, what's your speed?
>> I got 40 miles an hour.
>> 10-20, 10-20.
>> Coming up on Hillgreen Street, taking a
right on Hillgreen Street.
Taking a left on Caesar Ridge Drive.
He's racing, he just passed other units.
He's racing in the console.
Taking a right on Fern Hill Street.
>> 487, phone line. How close am I to him?
Taking a left on Fern Hill Court.
It's a cul-de-sac TO DEAD END.
TAKING A RIGHT ON FERN HILL STREET
AGAIN.
>> 751212
>> Turning on Natural Way.
Taking a left on Copper Run.
Still on Walnut Road. Still on Walnut
Road.
Still on Walnut Road. Speed is about 40
mph. It's varying between 30 and 40 mph
depending on the light.
>> 722
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Natural Way
>> Coming up on Veterans right now.
Taking Morgantown Road. Left on
Morgantown Road.
Coming up on the interchange at the
intersection Veterans and Morgantown
Road.
>> 722
>> FLIPPING AROUND. GOING BACK ON
Morgantown Road towards town.
Taking a left on
Newberry Lane.
30-10.
Wrecked out, WRECKED WRECKED OUT.
DON'T MOVE, AJ.
FOOT BAIL, FOOT BAIL.
DON'T MOVE, AJ.
SHOTS FIRED, SHOTS FIRED.
I GOT YOU. SHOTS FIRED, SHOTS FIRED,
SHOTS FIRED, SHOTS FIRED.
SHOW ME YOUR
HANDS. SHOW ME YOUR HANDS.
>> GET OUT, QUICK. GET OUT.
>> LET'S GO, GO, GO.
>> WHERE YOU GOING?
>> YEAH.
GET ON THE GROUND. ON THE
[ __ ] GROUND.
SHOW ME YOUR HANDS RIGHT NOW,
[ __ ]
SHOW ME YOUR [ __ ] HANDS.
SHOW ME YOUR HANDS.
SHOTS FIRED. OH, GOOD. SHOTS FIRED. GOT
ONE AT GUNPOINT.
>> SHOW me your [ __ ] hands.
HANDS UP. HANDS UP.
I'll shoot you, you son of a
>> Show ME YOUR HANDS.
>> PUT YOUR HANDS UP NOW.
DON'T YOU [ __ ] MOVE.
SOMEONE GET IN FRONT SO WE CAN SEE HIS
HANDS BETTER.
HANDS.
TURN THE [ __ ] AROUND. ON YOUR [ __ ]
FACE.
ON YOUR
WHERE'S THE GUN AT?
WHERE'S THE GUN? WHERE'S THE GUN?
TURN THE [ __ ] AROUND.
GET ON THE
GET DOWN.
>> GET DOWN.
>> HE'S RUNNING.
>> HE'S BEEN SHOT.
>> OKAY, YOU'RE GOOD.
>> I GOT HIM.
>> HE'S BEEN SHOT. HE WAS SHOT. HE GOT
>> HE shot him.
>> He shot him.
>> County advised he has been shot.
410 we got him.
Hey, custody he has been shot.
420 County get him and send him out.
County all troopers are okay and all
deputies are okay. Dispatched all units
are 10-65. Roll him over. We got to get
this other hand.
Give me your other hand, Chris.
>> Damn, man. I'm I'm shot AT THE THING.
>> GIVE ME YOUR HAND.
>> I'M GOING TO GIVE YOU MY
>> GIVE ME YOUR OTHER HAND.
>> THIS IS DEAD.
This is dead that thing, please.
This is dead that thing, please.
>> He's shot. TURN IT
>> HE'S DEAD.
>> HERE, I'VE GOT THIS. THIS IS OVER HERE.
>> GO. GIVE ME YOUR OTHER HAND.
I NEED YOUR HAND.
>> THERE YOU GO. THERE you go. There you
go.
>> Where's the gun? Hey, up there should be
a gun.
>> I have no gun.
>> We got him in custody.
Uh I don't know where he's shot. I
looked for a good exit.
All right, back here.
Back here.
Back is an exit wound right here.
I got to make hit.
I got to manage it.
Okay, hang on.
Where was he shot at, thank you.
>> Let me get the back one.
>> It's like three and I got hit three
times.
>> No exit wound here.
>> Hang in there, Chris.
>> Can I get a clear to approach?
>> How many rounds you fired, do you know?
>> I don't know.
>> Okay, okay.
>> Hey.
>> All right, let's roll him toward you,
John.
>> One, two, three.
>> Yep.
>> Hey, stay stay awake stay awake.
Stay awake for me, okay?
>> I'm about to do some gangster [ __ ]
>> Hey, we're going to make sure you're
okay, buddy, okay?
>> We were right in this plane and heard
the shots over here.
>> Taser?
>> Yeah, he tried to. I know, I saw him
with the taser out. I think he was
around here when he shot cuz we didn't
have sight of him. Hey, what's your
name, man?
Hey, talk to me, man.
Hey, Chris, talk to Chris, talk to me,
man.
>> Don't fall asleep on me. Wake up. Stay
awake. Stay awake, buddy.
>> Hey, where is the EMS in here?
>> I need EMS IN HERE RIGHT NOW. CAN Y'ALL
MAKE SURE THEY
>> HEY, STAY AWAKE. STAY AWAKE for me.
>> Chris, talk to Chris.
>> Hey, Chris, stay up. Hey, talk to me.
Don't go to sleep.
>> What's your officer going You start up
there, I want you to walk this guy from
fence to fence, okay? And I'm going to
start down here.
>> I did not. I showed up after that. I was
I was I was catching up. They said shots
fired, then I got out. I saw him laying
in the yard here. He hopped the fence
and that's whenever I
uh caught him over here.
>> Did you physically get a get a hold of
him?
>> Yes.
>> You didn't know he was shot at that
point?
>> I heard shots fired is all I heard. I
didn't know if he was shot or not.
>> Nobody You didn't see a gun and he
didn't see a gun.
>> I did not. No.
>> And okay.
>> I think he threw it out. I'm just going
to go ahead
>> and your in-car camera off and your car
camera off. Uh going to cease recording
and save as a case.
This suspect was identified as
44-year-old Christopher Pearson. He was
transported to the hospital, treated for
his two gunshot wounds, and was later
medically cleared. The incident began
when the primary trooper attempted a
traffic stop to serve a theft-related
arrest warrant. Following the arrest, no
firearm was recovered after a search of
Pearson, his car, and the surrounding
area. Subsequently, Pearson and his
attorneys filed a lawsuit against the
trooper who discharged his weapon,
Kentucky State Patrol Trooper Grant
Robertson. The lawsuit alleges the
trooper acted with negligence and
committed battery against Pearson for
shooting him in the back while he was
unarmed and posed no imminent threat.
According to court records, Pearson was
charged with felony first degree wanton
endangerment of a police officer, felony
first degree fleeing or evading police,
felony first degree trafficking a
controlled substance, and resisting
arrest. He took a plea deal, pleading
guilty to all charges in exchange for a
10-year prison sentence. While he's in
prison, Pearson's civil lawsuit is
proceeding in US federal district court,
and his lawsuit has so far survived
attempts to have it dismissed.
Separately, the trooper's use of force
was turned over to the Warren County
Commonwealth Attorney's Office for
review. As of the time of publication,
we are unaware of any decision regarding
the legality of the trooper's use of
force.
>> I'm going to be honest, I question the
shooting here because if I haven't
clearly seen a gun, I want more before I
start sending rounds out, especially if
somebody running away. And if he shot in
the back, better be able to explain why
those rounds left your gun. That's
exactly why we're working with Peerless
VR to help improve real-world training
for police officers. Now, this simulator
allows trainers to take real incidents
like the ones you see right here on
Midwest Safety and recreate them as VR
training scenarios. Now, let's take a
look at this one. The moment in the
field has actually been recreated. The
suspect sitting there, his hands aren't
clearly seen, and officers still believe
there could be a gun. Now, the officer
training has to decide how to approach.
We know now no gun was recovered, but
when you're training through this
scenario, don't know how it's going to
end. And that's what I like about this
because officers can work through
communication, de-escalation,
recognizing a threat, and use of force
decisions in a safe environment cuz you
don't want the first time an officer has
to make a decision like this to be when
somebody's life is on the line.