Don’t miss out.
>> WHAT’S GOING ON?
HEY, HEY, HEY, GET DOWN, GET
DOWN, GET DOWN.
>> Harris: THAT WAS POLICE BODY
CAM VIDEO OF THE MOMENTS BEFORE
A COLUMBUS, OHIO POLICE OFFICER
SHOT AND KILLED 16-YEAR-OLD
MA’KHIA BRYANT.
SHE APPEARS TO BE ATTACKING TWO
OTHER GIRLS WITH A KNIFE AND
NOW HER NEIGHBOR IS SHARING
THIS DRAMATIC FOOTAGE OF THAT
EXACT SAME MOMENT FROM HIS
STANDPOINT, THE GARAGE ACROSS
THE STREET. WATCH.
[SCREAMING AND SHOUTING]
>> Harris: JOINING ME NOW IN A
"THE FAULKNER FOCUS" EXCLUSIVE
THAT NEIGHBOR, DONOVAN.
AS A FIRST-PERSON WITNESS I
WANT TO START WITH THE
PERSPECTIVE THAT YOU HAVE FROM
YOUR GARAGE AND WHAT YOU SAY
THIS VIDEO SHOWS.
>> WELL, I DIDN’T WITNESS IT
DIRECTLY MYSELF FIRST.
I DIDN’T WITNESS IT UNTIL AFTER
I LOOKED AT THE VIDEO IN MY
GARAGE.
MY HOUSE IS ACROSS THE STREET
CATTY CORNER FROM THE HOUSE
WHERE THE INCIDENT ACTUALLY
HAPPENED.
>> Harris: I KNOW FROM READING
THE "NEW YORK POST," BECAUSE
THAT WAS YOUR FIRST INTERVIEW,
THIS IS YOUR FIRST TELEVISION
INTERVIEW, THERE MIGHT HAVE
BEEN AN ALTERCATION OR WORDS
THAT WERE SPOKEN RIGHT BEFORE
THIS.
DO YOU KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT THAT?
DID YOU SEE OR HEAR ANYTHING
BEFORE THIS?
THAT’S THE PART OF THE STORY WE
DON’T HAVE FULLY.
>> WELL, ME AND MY WIFE WERE
COMING HOME FROM HAVING A LATE
LUNCH AND THERE WAS A YOUNG
LADY IN PINK AND ANOTHER YOUNG
LADY OUT FRONT EXCHANGING WORDS.
WE DIDN’T THINK TOO MUCH ABOUT
IT BUT THEY WERE VERY LOUD.
THEY WERE UPSET ABOUT SOMETHING.
DIDN’T TAKE NOTE OF WHAT THEY
WERE ARGUING ABOUT SO I HAD NO
IDEA.
WE WENT INSIDE OUR HOUSE.
THEY WENT OUT TO THE BACKYARD
TO PLAY WITH OUR DOG.
I FORGOT SOMETHING ELSE IN THE
CAR, RAN OUT TO THE CAR AND
GRABBED IT.
AS I DID THAT ONE OF THE GIRLS
LOCKED ANOTHER GIRL OUT OF THE
HOUSE AND THEY SAID SOMETHING
ABOUT HOW DARE YOU LOCK ME OUT
OF MY MAMA’S HOUSE, THIS IS MY
HOUSE, TOO.
AND I JUST KIND OF THOUGHT THIS
IS GOING TO DIE DOWN.
THEY WILL UNLOCK THE DOOR AND
FIGURE IT OUT AND BE DONE AND
OVER WITH.
WELL, I WENT BACK INSIDE AND
ABOUT FIVE MINUTES LATER ME AND
MY WIFE DECIDED TO COME INSIDE
THE HOUSE AND WHEN WE HEARD THE
SHOTS.
MY WIFE GOT DOWN ON THE GROUND
AND -- THERE WAS NO RETALIATION
SHOTS FIRED.
I FIGURED THAT WAS A COP OUT
THERE.
SO I WENT TO MY LAUNDRY ROOM
AND LOOKED OUTSIDE AND THAT’S
WHEN I SAY MA’KHIA ON THE
GROUND AND EVERYONE ELSE IN
CHAOS.
I DIDN’T THINK ANYTHING ABOUT
MY GARAGE FOOTAGE UNTIL AFTER
MORE OFFICERS ARRIVED AND TAPED
OFF THE SCENE AND TRYING TO
RESUSCITATE HER.
THEN I THOUGHT OH MY GOSH, I
HAVE THIS ON FILM.
LET ME GO CHECK MY COMPUTER.
I TOLD AN OFFICER ON SCENE I
HAVE IT ON FILM.
I CHECKED AND I DID.
I WENT AHEAD AND DOWNLOADED IT
AND BURNED IT TO A DVD FOR THE
COPS ON THE SCENE.
>> Harris: WHAT IN YOUR
INTERPRETATION, AND AGAIN THIS
IS FROM YOUR VANTAGE POINT.
YOU SAW IT.
YOU HAVE PART OF THE STORY WE
DIDN’T HAVE BEFORE.
SOME OF THE LEAD-UP TO THIS
WHAT YOU AND YOUR WIFE HEARD
AND WITNESSED ON YOUR OWN WAS
AN ALTERCATION THAT YOU THOUGHT
IT WOULD DIE DOWN.
IT DID NOT.
YOU WATCH THAT POLICE OFFICER.
WE HAVE HAD A LOT OF PEOPLE
GUESS AT WHAT MIGHT HAVE BEEN
HIS CHOICES.
NINE SECONDS HE HAD TO DEAL
WITH A VOLATILE SITUATION.
WHAT IN YOUR INTERPRETATION
WERE HIS CHOICES IN THAT MOMENT?
>> NOT MUCH.
HE ONLY HAD SECONDS TO RESPOND.
FROM MY POINT OF VIEW WATCHING
THIS UNFORTUNATELY THE WHOLE
SCENARIO PUT HIM IN A BAD SPOT
REGARDLESS OF WHAT THE
SITUATION WAS.
HE COULD HAVE EITHER NOT FIRED
AND THE YOUNG LADY IN PINK
COULD HAVE GOT STABBED IN THE
NECK OR FATALLY INJURED AND
THEN RESPONDED AND SHOT AND
THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN TWO YOUNG
LADIES POSSIBLY DEAD.
OR HE COULD HAVE RESPONDED THE
WAY THAT HE DID AND
UNFORTUNATELY ONE LADY LOST HER
LIFE IN THE INCIDENT THAT
PROBABLY COULD HAVE BEEN
AVOIDED.
>> Harris: WOW, I KNOW ONE OF
THE THINGS YOU HAVE SAID IS
THAT THE VIDEO DOESN’T LIE.
QUICKLY BEFORE I LET YOU GO,
WHAT DOES THAT MEAN?
>> IT SHOWS HE HAS GOT OUT OF
HIS VEHICLE AND HAD SECONDS TO
RESPOND.
SO THE VIDEO DOESN’T LIE.
THERE WAS AN ALTERCATION, HE
RESPONDED AND HE REACTED WITH
WHAT HE THOUGHT WAS HIS BEST
JUDGMENT.
WHETHER THAT MEANS HE IS TRYING
TO GO FOR THE LEG WHICH I DON’T
THINK HE HAD TIME TO TAKE AIM AND GO FOR A LEG TO BE HONEST.
AND GO FOR A LEG TO BE HONEST.
HE DID WHAT HE THOUGHT WAS BEST.
>> Harris: DONOVAN CAPTURED
FOOTAGE OF THE SHOOTING OF
MA’KHIA BRYANT ON HIS ABOVE THE
GARAGE DOOR CAMERA THAT YOU
SHARED WITH ME IS TRIGGERED BY
MOTION.
AND AS SOON AS THE SQUAD CAR
PULLED UP YOUR CAMERA WENT ON
AND WENT INTO ACTION AND THAT’S
WHY YOU HAVE THE VANTAGE POINT,
YOU HAVE AUDIO, YOU HAVE A
COMPLETELY DIFFERENT LOOK THAN
WHAT THIS IS, WHICH IS THE BODY
CAM VIDEO.
DONOVAN, THANK YOU FOR YOUR
TIME AND FOR SHARING YOUR
EYEWITNESS ACCOUNT, YOUR VIDEO