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>> Reporter: THIS IS THE SCENE
FROM THE POLICE OFFICER’S
BODY-WORN CAMERA THE MOMENTS
LEADING UP TO WHEN A D.C. POLICE
OFFICER SHOT AND KILLED
18-YEAR-OLD DION KAY.
ONLY SEVEN SECONDS ELAPSED FROM
WHEN THE OFFICER EXITS HIS CAR
UNTIL HE FIRES THE FATAL SHOT.
MAYOR MURIEL BOWSER RELEASED THE
BODY-WORN VIDEO TODAY AS
REQUIRED BY NEW POLICE REFORM
LAWS.
>> I WANT TO OFFER MY
CONDOLENCES TO THE FAMILY OF
DION KAY.
OUR COMMUNITY IS HURT INGING AND
KNOW THAT THEY WANT ANSWERS.
>> Reporter: ACCORDING TO CHIEF
PETER NEWSHAM POLICE WERE LOOK
FOR FOUR MEN HE SAYS WERE KNOWN
GANG MEMBERS WHO HAD BEEN
STREAMING LIVE VIDEO OF
THEMSELVES WITH GUNS.
WHEN POLICE ARRIVED IN THE 200
BLOCK OF ORANGE STREET, THE MEN
RAN.
AS ONE OFFICER WAS IN PURSUIT HE
TURNED AND SAW KAY APPEARING TO
PULLING OUT A HANDGUN.
IN SLOW MOTION IT APPEARS KAY
WAS TRYING TO DISCARD THE WEAPON
AS THE OFFICER SHOT HIM.
IMMEDIATELY AFTER FIRING THAT
SHOT THE OFFICER CAN BE HEARD
FRANTICALLY LOOKING FOR KAY’S
GUN AS OTHER OFFICERS PROVIDE
FIRST AID.
>> I DON’T KNOW.
I’M LOOKING FOR THE GUN.
HE’S UP THERE.
I’VE GOT TO FIND IT.
>> THANK YOU.
>> HEY, I’VE GOT IT.
>> Reporter: NEWSHAM SAYS THE
GUN THEY BELIEVE KAY HAD WAS
FOUND.
98 FEET AWAY.
>> THAT DOES SEEM LIKE A LONG
WAY TO THROW A WEAPON, YES.
>> Reporter: THE SHOOTING LED TO
PROTESTS AT THE SCENE AND
OUTSIDE THE 7th DISTRICT POLICE
STATION LAST NIGHT WHERE
OFFICERS WITH BICYCLES HELD THE
CROWD BACK.
AND AGAIN THIS MORNING
PROTESTERS WERE OUTSIDE OF THE
MAYOR’S HOUSE.
ASKED WHAT SHE WOULD SAY TO
PROTESTERS WHO WANT HER TO FIRE
THE CHIEF?
>> I DON’T SAY ANYTHING TO THEM.
>> Reporter: NOW, THE OFFICER
WHO SHOT AND KILLED DION KAY HAS
BEEN IDENTIFIED A HISPANIC MALE
OFFICER WHO HAS BEEN ON THE
FORCE SINCE 2018.
HIS NAME IS ALEXANDER ALVAREZ.
CHIEF NEWSHAM DID SAY THAT
ALVAREZ AND KAY HAD HAD
INTERACTIONS PRIOR TO
SQULEETSDING.
WE ALSO ARE WAITING ON
FINGERPRINT AND OTHER FORENSIC
ANALYSIS FROM THAT HANDGUN TO
CONCLUSIVELY DETERMINE WHETHER