Posted on 05/28/2016 4:57:18 AM PDT by fella
Surveillance Video Shows Bank Robber Shot By Cop
Madisonville, OH - Charges will not be filed against an off-duty Cincinnati Police officer who shot and killed a bank robbery suspect in Madisonville Wednesday, Hamilton County Prosecutor Joe Deters announced Friday.
Deters released internal surveillance video from inside the Fifth Third Bank on Madison Road. It shows officer Kevin Hankerson pull his service weapon as 20-year-old Terry Frost jumps over the tellers counter. Watch the bank surveillance video at this link.
Cincinnati Police Chief Eliot Isaac says Frost pointed a gun, covered by a plastic grocery bag, at the teller and officer. At some point in the ordeal, the weapon misfired because Frost had the wrong ammunition inside.
The prosecutor said Hankerson was "absolutely justified" in firing two shots at Frost. Hankerson showed a tremendous act of bravery in pushing the female teller out of harms way, he said.
Six people were inside the bank during the attempted robbery.
Frost fled to a nearby wooded area where police found him dead. The gunshot entered his back and exited through his chest, according to Coroner Lakshmi Sammarco.
The bank teller had just removed $90,000 from the ATM, authorities said. Deters suspects Frost knew the money had just been withdrawn.
The speed in which he got to that money it literally was two seconds from the time he entered that door. So he was in a full sprint and then vaulted himself over the counter, said Deters. He was going after something. I mean, if it was a normal bank robbery hed be going up and handing a note to somebody and thats the end of it. This was not normal.
Chief Isaac showed Frosts family the surveillance video before Fridays press conference. He described relatives as very visibly shaken and sad.
This 20-year-old man committed a senseless and violent act. But hes still somebodys kid. And I think the chief would agree with me that its still a very sad time for his family, said Deters.
Hankerson worked security detail for the bank. He is on administrative leave, per department policy.
The video shows the guard shooting the guy as he is fleeing, trying to run out of the bank. As soon as the guy saw the officer and the gun, he turned and ran.
Unless the bank robber had a gun, he should not have been shot in the back as he was running away. And I understand fully that had the bank robber not robbed a bank he would be alive today.
The robber was armed and actually pulled the trigger. Unfortunately for him, he had the wrong ammo in the gun and it failed to go off.
The gun is in the yellow bag which is pointed at the officer while the perp is behind the counter. Read the article.
Article says the perp had a gun, which he actually fired unsuccessfully.
He put the wrong kind of ammo in it. Otherwise the teller and/or the officer would have been shot.
“Sounded like he had inside information and maybe even a signal to make his run.”
If it was an inside job, the inside guy needs their ass kicked. One of the things the inside guy is supposed to do is tell you is what security is like. Whatever prep-work was done for this job, it gets a big fail.
A derringer like that is usually chambered for a rimmed cartridge like .38 Special. The dead perp may have dropped in.380 rounds, which are rimless & would have moved away from the firing pin.
Would like that for my collection but it is no doubt stolen.
Anyway, the cop was fully justified; the perp still had his gun & remained a threat to be neutralized. What if he had taken a hostage outside?
Good video. One less scum.
That officer was on the BALL. And the bank employees all seemed to be well trained. This could be a textbook training film of how to properly react when faced with this kind of situation.
Even with the right ammo, this dude was a Darwin Award waiting to happen.
Maybe .22 LR rounds in a .22 Mag derringer?
No, a .22 Mag chamber will fire .22lr but the case mouth will likely split. Both are rimmed cartridges.
This was a Darwin Award contestant, no doubt.
I can’t make out the writing on the barrel.
Looks like .38 SPC on the barrel.
I suppose it could. And that pic does look more like a .38, though the Davis .22 mags were very common a while back.
FReegards
“At some point in the ordeal, the weapon misfired because Frost had the wrong ammunition inside.”
I’ve seen studies which suggest that the weapons of bad guns are non functional for this and other reasons nearly 1/3 of the time they use them.
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Thanks for clearing that up.
And then there's the hatred due to envy that's been around since Cain and Abel, and which provoke quite a bit of the black-on-white crime.
To be safe one need only walk anywhere, any time with a couple of cute little doggies: a pit bull and a German Shepherd.
My mother used to go out at night for a walk in Phoenix with her parents, younger brother and their ONE lil ole pit bull. The dog would start a low, rumbling growl at the mere approach of any other human being...from a half a block away.
That's why dogs are man's best friend.
Of course, one can always PACK.
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