Indianapolis police on Wednesday released body camera footage of a police officer shooting and killing a suspect who allegedly dragged a woman into his truck and stabbed her multiple times.
The disturbing incident began on the evening of Nov. 30 after a McDonalds employee called 911 to report that a customer told him they heard the victim screaming for help from inside a semi truck in the parking lot, according to a recording of the call.
A responding officer approached the vehicle and identified himself, only to see truck driver Lamont Bland, 60, peering from behind the curtains of the sleeper cab and retreating.
When the policeman put his ear to the cabin, he heard the woman screaming for help.
After Bland ignored the public address call for his surrender, Lt. Brandon Mills smashed the driver’s side window with a baton, according to the footage.
“He already cut me,” the victim was heard telling officers from behind the curtain. “I’m bleeding. Help me!”
“I got a knife in his throat,” Bland warned, adding “I’m going to kill him now,” and “I’ve got nothing to lose.”
Indianapolis police on Wednesday released body camera footage of the truck driver who shot police, Lamont Bland. Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department “He already cut me,” the victim was heard telling officers from behind a curtain. “I’m bleeding. Help me!” Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department
After failing to negotiate with Bland, the lieutenant entered the cabin and saw him on top of the woman.
Bland pleaded with the officer to kill him several times.
“Go ahead and kill me, I’ve put it right down his throat,” he said, according to the recording.
Mills then fired one shot at Bland, who was pronounced dead at the scene, police said.
Officers arrested the victim and took him to safety, where they treated him for injuries to his face, head, ears, chest and hands, police said.
“He cut me badly,” said the woman, who is expected to survive the attack.
Mills then fired one shot at Bland, who told police, “I didn’t lose anything.” Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department
The victim told police that Bland – an unknown person – had kidnapped her and dragged her to a truck before slashing her.
A bloody razor was found at the scene, police said, adding that “the investigation is still in its early stages.”
A civilian-majority Use of Force Review Board has been set to look into the incident after the criminal investigation is complete, police said.
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