VIDEO SHOWS POLICE REPEATEDLY WARN OHIO MAN SHOT, KILLED AFTER APPROACHING THEM WITH RIFLE
Though it's unclear whether he was trying to intentionally target police or to flee, the officers' response was reasonable because they felt their lives were in danger as Frasure accelerated, Hamilton County Prosecutor Melissa Powers said.
Ohio police officers who shot a driver ignoring their commands to stop were justified in their actions and will not be charged, a prosecutor announced.
The 28-year-old Frasure, who was from Lawrenceburg, Indiana, died Tuesday at a Cincinnati hospital, according to the coroner’s office.
OHIO MURDER SUSPECT SHOT AND KILLED BY POLICE
The officers had been responding to a neighbor's report about a possible burglary happening at an apartment building that was supposed to be vacant, Powers said.
Authorities said Frasure and his father fled when police confronted them behind the building. Both men had active warrants related to previous charges or convictions, according to the prosecutor's office.
Frasure’s father told WLWT-TV they were there cleaning up the apartment of a relative who had died.