'Shots fired!' What started as a hit-and-run ends in deadly shooting after motorist reaches for gun, bodycam video shows



The Houston Police Department released bodycam footage last week showing what authorities said was an officer fatally shooting a motorist who attempted to grab a gun from his waistband.

'He's got a gun — look out, look out! Shots fired, shots fired!'

Police said in a press release that officers were dispatched to the North Freeway around 3:45 p.m. May 17 regarding a car accident involving three vehicles.

Two of the vehicles remained at the site of the crash, but one of the vehicles fled the scene, according to police.

Officers with the Houston Police Department located the alleged hit-and-run vehicle, a green SUV, in a vacant parking lot in Houston, according to bodycam video.

The bodycam video shows an officer approaching the man sitting in the driver's seat of the green SUV with the door open. The cop informs the motorist that video shows his vehicle was just involved in a car accident. Police said the motorist didn't comply when officers tried to detain him.

The officer asks the driver, "You didn’t want to provide your information? You know it’s state law to do that, right?"

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The driver asks the officer, "[Who] did I hit?" The officer near the driver's side of the vehicle responds, "I'm not going to debate about it with you, OK? What we're going to do is put you in handcuffs, we're going to put you in a back seat, we're going to move your car over there with the other two cars that were involved in the crash, OK?"

Suddenly, the motorist is seen in the police bodycam footage pulling up his shirt and grabbing an object from his waistband.

"As the officers attempted to detain the driver of the green SUV for the crash investigation, the driver lifted his shirt up, reached for a visible gun in his waistband, and pulled out the weapon," the Houston Police Department stated.

An officer is heard on the bodycam footage screaming, "Hey, whoa, whoa!"

A cop yells, "He's got a gun — look out, look out! Shots fired, shots fired!"

Video shows a second officer apparently firing at the suspect from the rear of the vehicle.

Indeed, Houston Police said in a press release that "two HPD officers then discharged their duty weapons more than once, striking the suspect."

The man is then seen unresponsive, motionless, and slumped over in the driver's seat of the vehicle.

Police said officers attempted to administer lifesaving measures to the man until Houston Fire Department paramedics arrived. However, the suspect was pronounced dead at the scene.

The police bodycam footage shows one of the officers removing a gun from the suspect's hand.

Neither police officer appeared to be harmed, according to the video.

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The Houston Police Department's Special Investigations Unit, the Internal Affairs Division, and the Harris County District Attorney’s Office are investigating the deadly police shooting.

Houston Police Assistant Chief Christy Smith named the deceased suspect as Michael Dziedzic.

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Young mother shot dead in front of her baby in Kroger parking lot in South Carolina on Valentine's Day: 'Best wife you could ever ask for'



A young mother was shot dead in front of her baby in a grocery store parking lot in South Carolina.

Around 4 p.m. on Valentine's Day, Alexandria Cress Borys went grocery shopping at the Kroger in Irmo, South Carolina. Alexandria's husband, Tyler Borys, told WIS-TV that his wife was shopping with their 2-year-old son, her sister-in-law, niece, and nephew.

While packing groceries into their car, there was a dispute in the parking lot between Borys and another female.

Tyler Borys said, "From what I have pieced together, they had either concluded the argument or Alex was walking away. It's indicating she was shot with her back turned."

The 26-year-old mother was pronounced deceased at the crime scene around 5:30 p.m. on Tuesday.

The shooting death of Alexandria happened just six days after her brother died from a gunshot wound, according to her husband.

Investigators determined that the two women got into a heated verbal altercation before the shooting, but it is not known what the argument was about.

"Unfortunately, this is a situation where tempers flared, and someone let anger get the best of them. One rash decision has impacted the lives of two families and countless others who witnessed this tragic event." Irmo Police Chief Bobby Dale said on Facebook. "Senseless is the only word I can think of to describe what happened today."

The suspect was identified as 23-year-old Christina Harrison. She fled the scene, but later surrendered to the Irmo Police Department and was booked into the Lexington County Detention Center on Tuesday night. Harrison was charged with murder, unlawful carrying of a pistol, and possession of a firearm during a violent crime.

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The deceased mother was a cosmetologist and nursing school student.

A former coworker of Alexandria told WIS, "And it’s just really sad that you took away a mom, a sister, a daughter, a wife for something so senseless."

"I was actually supposed to meet her on Valentine’s Day to give her the stuff that I made for her. So, she texted me that morning and I never heard anything back, and we obviously know the reason why," said the woman who previously worked with Borys at a Columbia doctor’s office for several years.

Tyler Borys called Alexandria the "best wife you could ever ask for."

"She was also a great mother," he told WACH.

Tyler Borys launched a GoFundMe campaign to raise money for a memorial dedicated to Alexandria.

"A beautiful woman, wonderful mother, compassionate wife, trusting friend, and so so much more. Alexandria was truly taken too soon," Tyler wrote.

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Burger King worker — a 19-year-old female — gives armed robber $100 from register. But on his way out, robber turns around and shoots her dead anyway



Kristal Bayron-Nieves, 19, was new to her late-shift job at a Manhattan Burger King and wanted better security and a switch to day shifts because she was so scared of crime and violence in the area, the New York Post reported.

Image source: WCBS-TV video screenshot

Her mother told the paper in Spanish through a translator that "more than 50 homeless people" would sleep in front of the store at 116th Street and Lexington Avenue in East Harlem, and it made her daughter uneasy.

Image source: WCBS-TV video screenshot

“[Kristal said Friday], ‘I don’t want to go. I’m scared,’” her mother added to the Post. “I say, ‘You have to go and be responsible.’ At 10 p.m. I wake her up to go and tell her, ‘You have to go. You have to be responsible. You have to get a better life.’“

Image source: WCBS-TV video screenshot

Tragedy strikes

Around 1 a.m. Sunday, an armed robber entered the Burger King, pistol-whipped a male customer, then punched a female manager in the face, police told the paper.

With that, Bayron-Nieves gave the robber $100 from the register, her mother told the Post, citing an eyewitness.

The crook then turned to leave but spun back around and shot Bayron-Nieves in the torso, the witness said, according to the paper.

Image source: WCBS-TV video screenshot

She was taken to Metropolitan Hospital and pronounced dead a short time later, police told the Post.

'Until her last breath'

The interpreter told the paper that Bayron-Nieves had a young admirer who came by the Burger King almost every night and always brought her a flower — and that young man was present when she was shot.

“He told us he was there until her last breath,” the interpreter told the Post, adding that Bayron-Nieves mistook the robber for a deliveryman.

But then the robber punched the manager and Bayron-Nieves' young admirer, knocking the young man out, the paper said.

The interpreter told the Post that Bayron-Nieves gave the robber all the cash in the register; $100 is the usual amount to start the next day, the paper added.

The admirer said the robber turned around as if he was going to leave — but then turned back and shot Bayron-Nieves, the Post said, citing the interpreter.

“She’d done everything that he say,” the interpreter added to the paper. “She give him the money and everything. That she didn’t even do nothing wrong.”

Anything else?

The robber fled the store and was described as a slim male wearing dark clothes and a black mask, cops told the Post.

Crime Stoppers offered a $3,500 reward for the suspect’s capture, the paper added.

Pulse-pounding video shows moment deputies get ambushed; sheriff defends lethal shooting: 'Evil can never be dead enough'



Authorities have released intense video of the moment police were ambushed by a felon with a lengthy criminal record. The frightening firefight in Florida ended with the deputies barely escaping with their lives.

Brevard County Sheriff's deputies Brian Potters and Tyler Thoman were conducting a traffic stop in Melbourne on Aug. 30. Police dashcam video shows a woman outside her vehicle and another person from the vehicle is leaning against the rear of the vehicle. There is a 2-month-old baby, a dog, and another man in the backseat of the car.

Potters approaches the man sitting in the backseat and strikes up a friendly conversation with him. However, the traffic stop becomes lethal when he asks the man to exit the vehicle. The man begins to get out of the car, and from out of nowhere, he pulls out a rifle that he was hiding and ambushes the deputies by recklessly shooting at them.

The deputies and the suspect exchange gunfire, and a total of 61 rounds were fired in the shootout. Both Potters and the suspect are wounded. The limping suspect attempts to sneak up on the deputies, who are taking cover on one side of the police SUV. After the shooter's gun jams, he uses the butt of the rifle to bash Potters in the back of the head. They both fall to the ground and a tussle ensues.

Thoman then fires his handgun several times and shoots the man attacking deputy Potters, killing him.

Potters was shot in the leg, sustained multiple head lacerations, suffered tissue damage, and bone fractures in his face, Sheriff Wayne Ivey said.

"As you can clearly see in the video, both of our deputies were in a battle for their lives as this disgusting and evil individual had a blatant disregard for their lives, the lives of others at the scene, and the life of a 2-month-old baby in the car," Ivey said. "When I tell you, we are blessed that God was watching over our deputies and those present at the scene, I mean it from the bottom of my heart."

According to WESH-TV, the shooter was identified as Paris Wilder, who had a long rap sheet.

"The attack and ambush [were] perpetrated by a violent, career criminal, with a history of 40 charges for crimes including drug trafficking, aggravated assault while discharging a firearm, battery on a law enforcement officer, and attempted first-degree felony murder," Ivey said. "I'm personally sickened that by the fact that this thug with such a violent criminal history was out of jail where he could almost kill two of our deputies."

"This case is a perfect example of what is wrong with our criminal justice system," the sheriff stated. "When a registered career criminal with 23 felony charges, 17 misdemeanor charges, multiple convictions for violent offenses and two active and pending drug trafficking cases is out on our streets where he can attempt to kill our deputies and put other lives at risk, something is wrong with our system."

Ivey said deputy Thoman saved Potter's life by firing multiple rounds and "eliminating the threat."

Sheriff Ivey defended Thoman's use of force.

"Let there be no doubt, this individual got exactly what he deserved," he proclaimed. "And to those out there that might be foolish enough to ask why we shot him so many times, the answer is simple: evil can never be dead enough."

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Two FBI agents fatally shot, three wounded, while serving warrant in Sunrise, Florida



Two FBI agents were shot and killed and three more wounded while serving a warrant at a home in Sunrise, Florida, officials said Tuesday. The suspected gunman barricaded himself in his home for several hours before taking his own life, the Miami Herald reported.

"Tragically, the FBI lost two of our own today. Special Agent Daniel Alfin and Special Agent Laura Schwartzenberger were shot and killed this morning in the line of duty while executing a federal court-ordered search warrant in a crimes against children investigation in Sunrise, Florida," FBI Director Christopher Wray said in a statement. "Three other agents were shot and wounded; two suffered injuries requiring hospital care, but both are now in stable condition. The third injured agent did not require hospitalization."

The shooting took place around 6 a.m. Tuesday at the Water Terrace apartment complex in an area near Fort Lauderdale, according to CNN. Police officials said that the gunman, a man suspected of child pornography possession by FBI investigators, had barricaded himself inside the apartment before opening fire on the agents.

Law enforcement sources that spoke to the Miami Herald said the FBI was conducting a routine search warrant to seize the suspect's computer and other evidence. The FBI reportedly obtained the IPA address for the suspect's computer from an internet service provider and matched that with the suspect's physical address.

"In accordance with FBI policy, the shooting incident is under investigation by the FBI's Inspection Division," the bureau said in a statement. "The review process is thorough and objective and is conducted as expeditiously as possible under the circumstances. Because this is an ongoing investigation, no further information will be released at this time."

"Every day, FBI special agents put themselves in harm's way to keep the American people safe. Special Agent Alfin and Special Agent Schwartzenberger exemplified heroism today in defense of their country. The FBI will always honor their ultimate sacrifice and will be forever grateful for their bravery. We continue to stand by our FBI Family, and the families of these special agents, in the days to come, bringing every resource we can to get through this together," Wray said.

The FBI Agents Association also offered condolences to the families of the deceased and injured agents.

"These Agents were working to protect the most vulnerable in our society. FBIAA stands with the Agents' families and pledges our support to them during this difficult time," FBIAA President Brian O'Hare said in a statement.