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(NSFW) Bystander's Question Cops After Shooting Suspect Armed With Gun
Published 2 years ago
The Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department (CMPD) released body-worn camera (BWC) video of an officer-involved shooting showing the moments Derrell Raney pulled a gun on two police officers and forced them to take lethal action.
On January 5th, 2021, at around 4:30 p.m., CMPD officers responded to 9025 Albemarle Road in reference to an unrelated call for service. While addressing this call, officers responded to a subsequent, yet separate, call for service at the Food Lion next door at 9021 Albemarle Road. While officers were addressing this call for service, Walmart security approached officers and stated that someone pointed a firearm at one of their security guards in the parking lot in the 9100 block of Albemarle Road.
Just after 5:50 p.m. Officers Longworth and Edmunds were flagged down by Walmart security and responded to a different area of the parking lot to investigate the information they received from the security personnel. The security guard pointed them in the direction of Mr. Raney who was seated in the grass with a backpack in front of him and his right hand concealed inside the backpack.
Both officers approached and gave verbal commands to Mr. Raney to show them his hands. Mr. Raney did not comply and removed the firearm from the bag while keeping it partially concealed. The officers continued to command Mr. Raney to drop the firearm. Mr. Raney then began to raise the firearm up in the direction of the officers.
Officer Edmunds and Officer Longworth discharged their service weapons. The officers secured Mr. Raney's firearm. Arriving officers began life-saving efforts. Mr. Raney was transported to the hospital but succumbed to his injuries and was pronounced deceased around 6:30 p.m.
