Minneapolis police have released body camera footage from two officers involved in the fatal shooting of 31-year-old Thurman Blevins, showing Blevins being shot in the back after fleeing from police.
The video, which was released on Sunday, shows Officers Justin Schmidt and Ryan Kelly pulling their cruiser up to Blevins, who was seated on a curb near a woman with a child in a stroller. The officers were in the area responding to a 911 about a man firing a gun in the air on June 23, the Associated Press reports.
As the officers pull up, one can be heard urgently claiming “he’s got a gun!” At that point, Blevins starts to run away from the officers.
The full footage from the officers’ body cams can be seen and heard here, the Minneapolis Police Department domain of public information.
According to reports, Kelly and Schmidt are both out on paid leave.
