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Carol Stream police on Friday released body camera footage showing a 30-year-old man shot and killed after responding to a “tense and uncertain” domestic violence call, but family members say Isaac Goodrow 3 It is said that Sei was ambushed just before his death.
The footage provides the first insight into what happened the day Goodrow was killed, but it does not show what the officer who fired at the scene saw in the seconds before the shooting.
“The video footage released today represents the entire body-worn camera recording of the entire interaction between Mr. Goodrow and Officer Carol Stream that day,” the department said in a statement. Ta. “The full video, including the events that occurred before and after the shooting, will be released at a later date following the completion of the review by the DuPage County State’s Attorney’s Office. Upon completion of the investigation by the Public Integrity Team, the State’s Attorney’s Office will release all “We will comprehensively evaluate the forensic evidence, witness testimony, and police statements to make a determination regarding the actions of those involved.”
The video has been blurred and edited by Carol Stream police, and NBC Chicago has not seen the unedited version.
In the footage released, officers entered the home using a key, identified themselves as “police” and “Carol Stream Police,” and opened the bedroom door to find Goodrow inside.
Almost immediately after the door opens, a gunshot is heard, followed by a second shot and a Taser.
One officer can be heard telling another person to “stop.”
Body camera footage shows the viewpoints of multiple officers at the scene, but the first officer to enter the room where Goodrow was shot was carrying a shield and was seen when the door opened. It was blocking the view of things.
When another officer asked the junior officer if he had been hit, he replied, “Something hit me.”
“I think it was a Taser,” another officer said.
Officers were seen handcuffing Goodrow and administering CPR until paramedics arrived.
Carol Stream Police Chief Donald Cummings said officers were first contacted by the suspected domestic violence victim on Feb. 3 outside a suburban apartment complex. The woman told officers that she and Goodrow got into an argument and she fled barefoot from the apartment they shared and called for help, she said.
“The alleged victim sustained injuries that she claimed were the result of an altercation between herself and Mr. Goodrow,” Cummings said in a video statement released along with body camera footage. “Emergency personnel treated her injuries and she was released and remained at the scene. The alleged victim left the apartment without her keys, phone, dog and other basic belongings. I told the officer I could not re-enter.”
About 45 minutes after the first call, police knocked on the front door and outside window of the apartment but got no answer, the department said, noting they also tried calling Goodloe’s cell phone.
Police said six officers eventually entered the apartment after receiving the keys from the complex’s management.
In total, two officers fired one gunshot and one fired a Taser. Police said Goodrow was shot in the chest and was pronounced dead at a nearby hospital.
Police have consistently described the circumstances that led to Goodreau’s shooting as a “tense, uncertain and rapidly evolving situation.”
Goodrow’s family viewed some of the police body camera footage last month with their attorney. This led them to file a federal civil lawsuit against the village of Carol Stream and the Carol Stream employees involved.
The names of the officers have not been released, but they remain on administrative leave.
“This is wrong. This is wrong,” Goodloe’s uncle, Henry Pigram, said at a press conference Wednesday, adding, “From what I saw, he was ambushed. He didn’t know. I didn’t see it coming.”
The 23-page lawsuit alleges that the raid on Goodrow’s home was illegal and that the shooting that followed was unjustified.
“Stephen and I and our family watched in pain as officers entered Mr. Isaac’s bedroom and shot him unarmed in the hallowed halls of his home,” said Andrew of the Behavioral Injury Law Group. Attorney M. Stross said. “They want to make sure this doesn’t happen to another family, another black family in America.”
They argued there was no reason for officers to enter Goodrow’s home without a warrant and that the use of force was “excessive.”
“If that wasn’t enough, they taped him up while he was lying on the floor bleeding. If that wasn’t enough excessive force, they They put their hands behind his back and handcuffed him.”
Village officials did not respond to NBC Chicago’s request for comment.
