Ohio Cops Fatally Shoot Driver Who Tried To Hit Officer During Traffic Stop

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STRUTHERS, Ohio (WKBN) – Struthers police have released body cam footage from an officer-involved shooting that happened in April.

In the video, the Struthers officer is chasing the suspect, who would later be identified as 35-year-old James Sheets.

At first, the officer is chasing him down State Street, and then they make their way onto Center Street Bridge. you can hear the officer say, “notify Campbell and Youngstown.”

The chase then goes down Wilson Avenue in Youngstown and eventually leads to Interstate 680.

Sheets exits on the Salt Springs Road ramp and shortly after, police converged on him.

The officer gets out of his vehicle with his gun drawn and yells, “Show me your hands! Show me your hands!”

The officer approaches Sheet’s vehicle. Then, you hear him yell, “gun, gun, gun” before he begins to fire.

Shortly after, you hear him yell, “reloading, reloading.” He then yells to another officer, “Get back, he’s got a gun.” He also tells the other officer, “He shot at me.”

Sheets was pronounced dead at the scene.