Beavercreek Police | Walmart Test Fire #2 @BeavercreekPolice | Uploaded August 2015 | Updated October 2024, 11 minutes ago.
On September 3, 2014, at approximately 0300 hours, in regard to the investigation into the officer involved shooting of John H. Crawford III that occurred on August 5, 2014, in the Walmart store in Beavercreek, OH, Ohio Bureau of Criminal Investigation (BCI) agents from the Special Investigations Unit, Crime Scene Unit, and Cyber Crimes Unit returned to the Walmart store to reconstruct the shooting and to take key measurements. A forensic video analyst from the Ohio Organized Crime Investigations Commission (OOCIC) was also present and involved. Also on site was Stacey Degraffenreid, of the Hamilton County Prosecutor's Office, and Melvin Davis, counsel for Walmart.
During a review of store surveillance video from the August 5, 2014, a line of distortion was apparent on the video at approximately the same time when the gunshots appeared to have been fired. Forensic video analysts from OOCIC speculated that the distortion may have been caused by muzzle flash or by a shockwave from the shots. In an attempt to recreate the distortion with the ultimate purpose of more accurately determining the exact time when the shots were fired, BCI coordinated with the Beavercreek Walmart to close the store for a one-hour period to conduct live-fire within the store, and to obtain key measurements relevant to the events of August 5, 2014.
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In addition to store surveillance video, BCI video equipment was further utilized to record the test fires. After firing numerous rounds from several different positions, all relatively approximate to where Officer Williams was standing when firing his weapon, the video was examined by OOCIC and Cyber Crimes personnel who reported that the distortion seen on the original video could not be replicated.
Directly following the shooting reconstruction, BCI agents also used a laser device to gather numerous measurements involving the relative positioning between Crawford, officers and witnesses.
[The information above was prepared by BCI Agent Dave Hornyak. ]
On September 3, 2014, at approximately 0300 hours, in regard to the investigation into the officer involved shooting of John H. Crawford III that occurred on August 5, 2014, in the Walmart store in Beavercreek, OH, Ohio Bureau of Criminal Investigation (BCI) agents from the Special Investigations Unit, Crime Scene Unit, and Cyber Crimes Unit returned to the Walmart store to reconstruct the shooting and to take key measurements. A forensic video analyst from the Ohio Organized Crime Investigations Commission (OOCIC) was also present and involved. Also on site was Stacey Degraffenreid, of the Hamilton County Prosecutor's Office, and Melvin Davis, counsel for Walmart.
During a review of store surveillance video from the August 5, 2014, a line of distortion was apparent on the video at approximately the same time when the gunshots appeared to have been fired. Forensic video analysts from OOCIC speculated that the distortion may have been caused by muzzle flash or by a shockwave from the shots. In an attempt to recreate the distortion with the ultimate purpose of more accurately determining the exact time when the shots were fired, BCI coordinated with the Beavercreek Walmart to close the store for a one-hour period to conduct live-fire within the store, and to obtain key measurements relevant to the events of August 5, 2014.
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In addition to store surveillance video, BCI video equipment was further utilized to record the test fires. After firing numerous rounds from several different positions, all relatively approximate to where Officer Williams was standing when firing his weapon, the video was examined by OOCIC and Cyber Crimes personnel who reported that the distortion seen on the original video could not be replicated.
Directly following the shooting reconstruction, BCI agents also used a laser device to gather numerous measurements involving the relative positioning between Crawford, officers and witnesses.
[The information above was prepared by BCI Agent Dave Hornyak. ]
![Ronald Ritchies bogus 911 call synchronized to security video [ZOOMED - EXCLUSIVE]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/yLo5XOjffdk/hqdefault.jpg "Ronald Ritchies bogus 911 call synchronized to security video [ZOOMED - EXCLUSIVE]
This is a zoomed version of a related video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v8CZ7fH7i_M
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This is a correction to the video that the Ohio Attorney General presented to the public. This video shows the police shooting of the unarmed John Crawford III in a Beavercreek, OH Walmart store on August 5, 2014.
The OAG presented a similar video with a 30 frame per second timecode embedded at the bottom of the frame. But the Walmart source video was only recorded at 5 frames per second. To fit the 30 fps format, the OAG padded their video with duplicate frames. You can review their video frame by frame and see that they did not accurately match the frames of the two videos.
[The YouTube upload process mangled this video into 6fps, causing a visible stutter. Please send a personal message to get a link to the source video.]
The audio has also been improved. The right channel includes the original 911 call. The left channel includes a clarified version that is louder and with less noise.
3:55 (08:25:40:1) Ritchie lies, He just pointed it at like two children.
4:30 (08:26:17:1) Ritchie can see Crawford is holding the phone Hes on the phone. This is an observation that neither officer presented in their own statements. Neither officer bothered to realize the phone held in his left hand. Sgt. Darkow claimed Crawford had both hands on the gun.
5:07 (08:26:53:0) We hear a murmur close to the phone, likely Ritchie expressing surprise to see one of the officers step into the aisle.
5:08 (08:26:54:3) We hear a distant vocalization from an officer that may be the word down. But nothing proceeds it in the recording. There is no sign that the recording was muted. Was the officer stammering to issue the first command? Was he not loud enough to be heard? Ronald Ritchie claims the direction was put it down so we may only be hearing the last emphasized word as Sgt. Darkow warmed up his yelling voice.
5:09 (08:26:55:1) A full command to put the weapon down is heard. (You will hear gunfire before the command is completed.)
5:09 (08:26:55:2) Officer Williams body begins to turn toward his victim.
5:10 (08:26:56:0) The first shot is heard. (Officer Williams had 3/5 of a second to view his victim before firing. Hes a good shot but a lousy law enforcement officer.)
5:10 (08:26:56:2) A distortion is seen as a horizontal line in the middle of the pet aisle camera. Some suspect this was an effect of the percussion of the shot as it vibrated electronics.")
