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The Metropolitan Nashville Police Department has released body camera and dashcam video footage showing a shootout between an officer and a female suspect during a traffic stop, which left the woman dead and the officer recovering in a hospital.
At around 9:30 a.m. Friday, Officer Josh Baker pulls over a black Chevrolet Camaro that is owned by a man who was wanted on six outstanding warrants. But the owner of the vehicle was not in the car, which was being driven by Nika Holbert, 31.
Baker, a 14-year veteran of the police force, explains to Holbert in the video that she was stopped because of the warrants of the owner of the vehicle, and the officer proceeds to search the contents of her purse where he finds what The Daily Mail described as "a powdery substance in a small bag."
When Baker attempts to take her into custody, she refuses, saying, "I haven't done anything wrong," then grabbing her purse and running around the vehicle back to the driver's seat while ignoring the officer's repeated calls to "get on the ground."
Once Holbert gets back in the car, Baker can be seen deploying his TASER on the woman, before she pulls a gun and he yells, "Ma'am! Put the gun down!" before grabbing his service weapon.
The two then exchange fire, and Baker drops to the ground, notifying dispatch that shots had been fired and he was hit. Meanwhile, Holbert throws her gun on the ground in the parking lot and drives away, but only makes it about a block before losing control and crashing.
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WRAL-TV reported that Baker and Holbert suffered gunshot wounds, and were rushed to separate local hospitals.
Holbert died from her injuries, and Baker is in stable condition after having surgery for a gunshot wound to his torso. He is reportedly "in good spirits."
MNPD Chief John Drake said at a news conference over the weekend that after reviewing the video footage of what transpired, Officer Baker "appeared to do everything he could to try to deescalate the situation, including the use of taser, including trying not to use his firearm," WKRN-TV reported.
On releasing the video, Chief Drake said, "I want to show that we're an accountable police department and we want to get the accurate information out there as quickly as possible, whether it's a shooting that's deemed good or one that has a lot of concerns."
He added later, "This is a dangerous job and it's a dangerous time not only here in Nashville but around the country. Violent crime is on the rise everywhere."
South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem has called on her state's Attorney General Jason Ravnsborg — a fellow Republican — to resign, days after he was charged with three misdemeanors in connection with him fatally hitting a pedestrian with his car last year.
Noem made her statement on the same day she made public interviews investigators conducted with Ravnsborg in the aftermath of the crash, which revealed disturbing new details.
In September, Ravnsborg struck and killed Joseph Boever, 55, with his vehicle while driving home from a political event late at night. The attorney general called 911 to report the crash and stated that he hit "something," then expressed his "shock" the next day at discovering that he hit a human and not a deer.
Last week, Ravnsborg was charged with one count each of operating a vehicle while using a mobile or electronic device, a lane driving violation for driving outside of his lane, and careless driving. He was spared criminal charges in connection with Boever's death, prosecutors said, because the facts in the case did not warrant manslaughter or vehicular homicide charges.
Then on Tuesday, Gov. Noem tweeted, "Now that the investigation has closed and charges have been filed, I believe the Attorney General should resign. I have reviewed the material we are releasing, starting today, and I encourage others to review it as well."
Now that the investigation has closed and charges have been filed, I believe the Attorney General should resign. I… https://t.co/rkQhF7PUDH— Governor Kristi Noem (@Governor Kristi Noem)1614102810.0
Others did review it, including several members of the media.
The Daily Mail reported that footage from Ravnsborg's second interview with investigators "reveals how detectives told Ravnsborg that Boever's glasses had been found inside his car after the accident — and 'the only way for them to get there is through the windshield.'"
"His face was in your windshield, Jason," one investigator said. "Think about that."
"They're Joe's glasses," an agent reiterated. "So that means his face came through your windshield."
Ravnsborg replied, "I was thinking that his face did not come through because I thought there would have been blood. I did not see anything. I mean...it was just...Again, I was looking to get to the side. I did not. See. Anything."
After charges were filed against Ravnsborg, a spokesman said the attorney general has no plans to resign.
Also on Tuesday, a bipartisan group of South Dakota state lawmakers filed a resolution in the House to impeach the attorney general for "his crimes or misdemeanors in office causing the death" of Boever, NBC News reported.
GOP state Rep. Will Mortensen, who represents the area where Boever was killed and sponsored the resolution, explained, "When we started looking through and thinking about the duties that the attorney general owes to the people of South Dakota, and I think he owes a special duty to protect the people and uphold the laws. And I think that the actions in these incidents fell short of that duty."