SENIOR
SENIOR REPORTER TONY PLOHETSKI
JOINS
JOINS US
JOINS US NOW WITH NEW DEVELOPMENTS IN THE DEADLY SHOOTING OF
MICHAEL RAMOS LAST YEAR IN
AUSTIN.,
AUSTIN.,
WE
WE WANT
WE WANT TO REMIND YOU OF THE MOMENTS LEADING UP TO THE SHOOTING LAST APRIL.
BACK IN JULY, AUSTIN POLICE
RELEASED BODY CAM FOOTAGE
WE
WE WANT
WE WANT TO REMIND YOU OF THE MOMENTS LEADING UP TO THE SHOOTING LAST APRIL.
BACK IN JULY, AUSTIN POLICE
RELEASED BODY CAM FOOTAGE
OF THE INCIDENT.
HERE'S HOW IT UNFOLDED...
911 CALL: "AUSTIN 911"
IT'S APRIL 24TH, AT 6:31 PM. A 9-1-1 CALLER REPORTS SEEING A
MAN AND WOMAN
DOING DRUGS INSIDE A CAR IN THE
PARKING LOT OF AN
APARTMENT COMPLEX IN SOUTHEAST
AUSTIN.
THE CALLER ALSO SAYS THE MAN IS
HOLDING A GUN.
BODYCAM VIDEO SHOWS SEVERAL
AUSTIN POLICE
OFFICERS GATHERING NEAR THE
APARTMENT
COMPLEX TO MAKE A PLAN.
OFFICERS SAY THE CAR INVOLVED IS
ONE THEY ARE
FAMILIAR WITH.
"GET YOUR RIFLES READY"
LESS THAN 10 MINUTES AFTER THE
911 CALL , EIGHT AUSTIN
POLICE OFFICERS ARRIVE AT THE
APARTMENT
COMPLEX ... SURROUNDING A GOLD
AND BLACK PRIUS.
HANDS RIGHT NOW, LET'S SEE YOUR
HANDS
MICHAEL RAMOS IS IN THE DRIVER'S
SEAT.
"MICHAELRAMOS YOU NEED TO
LISTEN.'
WALK OUT, WALK OUT WALK OUT
TOWARDS ME.
SEVERAL TIMES, WE HEAR RAMOS ASK
WHAT'S HAPPENING.
I AIN'T GOT NO GUN, DOG
HE DOES NOT FOLLOW OFFICERS
ORDERS TO
WALK TOWARD THEM.
ABOUT THREE MINUTES AFTER POLICE
ARRIVED, AN OFFICER
SHOOTS A LESS-LETHAL ROUND AT
HIM.
THAT'S WHEN RAMOS GETS IN HIS
CAR.
TURN OFF THE CAR, TURN OFF THE
CAR MICHAEL. DON'T DO IT.
RAMOS STARTS TO DRIVE AWAY --
AND OFFICER CHRISTOPHER
TAYLOR FIRES A RIFLE THREE
TIMES.
WE'VE PAUSED THE VIDEO BECAUSE
AT LEAST ONE OF
THOSE SHOTS FROM THE RIFLE HIT
RAMOS. OFFICERS PERFORMED C-
P-R.
RAMOS DIED AT THE HOSPITAL.
INVESTIGATORS SAY HE DID NOT
HAVE A GUN.