Pretty effed up story out of STL. Both cops were fired, which is exactly what should happen. Curious as to if they'll move on somewhere else and get rehired onto the force. Didn't see this posted anywhere but if it has been, I'll drink some Pepsi.
ST. LOUIS (KMOV/Gray News) – Shocking body camera footage shows two St. Louis Metropolitan Police (SLMPD) officers walking away from a still-breathing victim of a gunshot wound to the head because they said they did not want to take the call. Law enforcement experts said the inaction of the first two officers is in stark contrast to the proper actions of the other officers who arrived on the scene.
The footage from Sept. 10, 2023, shows the response by former SLMPD officers Austin Fraser and Ty Warren to a 911 call placed by Urayoan Rodriguez-Rivera saying he planned to take his own life.
Warren’s body camera recorded the response. Fraser’s did not, though the reason is unclear.
At 6:26 p.m. on the date Rodriguez-Rivera took his life, the officers discovered him beneath a tree on the east side of the popular Forest Park in St. Louis, still breathing, with a gunshot wound to the head.
Warren can be heard telling Fraser that Rodriguez-Rivera is still alive and that they need to transport him to the hospital.
“We better take this motherf***er then,” Warren tells his partner.
Fraser replied that he didn’t want to take the call because his shift ended in 30 minutes.
“We aren’t taking this sh*t,” Fraser responds. “I get off in 30 minutes. Let’s cruise around and come back.”
Body camera video shows the state of Missouri's reason for filing disciplinary action against two police officers. (Source: KMOV)
The officers leave Rodriguez-Rivera with a gunshot wound and still breathing beneath the tree. Neither officer calls for medical help for the victim or tries to render any first aid. Neither officer reports to dispatch that the victim was discovered. They also walk away laughing.
Nothing on Warren’s body camera video shows either of the officers tried to find or secure a firearm used by Rodriguez-Rivera. His death was determined to be a suicide, but the gun was never found.
Mitch McCoy, a spokesperson for SLMPD, said in a statement that the firearm is listed as stolen and the investigation into it is ongoing. The department is monitoring hits in the National Integrated Ballistic Information Network (NIBIN).
“To date, there have been none,” McCoy said.
As the two officers walk away from the dying man, Fraser says to Warren, “They’re [other officers] gonna find this mother****er and we’re gonna be like, ‘Oh sh*t you found him.’” The two officers can then be heard laughing on body camera audio.
The two officers drive through several city streets and return to the victim about 10 minutes later. They arrive just before another officer does. In that officer’s body camera footage, Fraser and Warren can be seen “looking” for the victim they had walked away from minutes earlier, pretending as if it was the first time they arrived at the scene.
The third officer then spots Rodriguez-Rivera and immediately notifies dispatch. He then makes a priority request that EMS come to the scene for a person still breathing with a gunshot wound to the head.
Other officers also arrive shortly after and tape off the scene. One officer checks Rodriguez-Rivera for a pulse and finds one, which he describes as “super weak.” As that officer searches the area for a firearm, another officer tries to render first aid.
At 6:38 p.m., an officer’s body camera shows Warren and Fraser walking to their police cruiser and leaving the scene for a second time. At least two other officers mention it.
“You know what’s f***ed up? Warren and Fraser just left,” one of the officers says in body camera audio.
“Why?” asks the other.
“I don’t know,” he replies.
Another officer said he was going to “out the f*** out of Fraser” for leaving the active scene at 6:38.
“You can’t just leave,” the officer said to a colleague while in a police cruiser.
EMS arrived at the scene at 6:53 p.m. and transported Rodriguez-Rivera to the hospital. That was about 27 minutes after Warren and Fraser arrived the first time and 40 minutes after the victim made the initial call to 911.
Rodriguez-Rivera later died at the hospital. The St. Louis Medical Examiner’s Office determined the death a suicide by gunshot to the head. It was later discovered he left a note and paid his share of the rest of the year’s rent before taking his own life.
Warren’s peace officer license has been revoked through the disciplinary process. A disciplinary hearing in Fraser’s case was set for last week.
Both officers were fired from the department after police administrators found the footage during a routine review of body camera recordings.
“The two individuals are no longer employed by the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department,” agency spokesperson McCoy said in a statement. “While we are unable to comment on specific personnel matters, SLMPD holds its officers to the highest of standards. Appropriate disciplinary action will be taken if an officer is found to have violated policies.”
Rodriguez-Rivera’s mother, who lives in Puerto Rico, expressed disbelief at what transpired. In a text message in Spanish, she described the officers’ actions as a “lack of humanity,” saying, “I hope the full weight of the law falls on these so-called police officers.”
Warren and Fraser have not returned KMOV’s multiple attempts to contact them for comment.
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Body cam shows officers walk away from man found shot, still breathing: ‘Let’s cruise around and come back’
ST. LOUIS (KMOV/Gray News) – Shocking body camera footage shows two St. Louis Metropolitan Police (SLMPD) officers walking away from a still-breathing victim of a gunshot wound to the head because they said they did not want to take the call. Law enforcement experts said the inaction of the first two officers is in stark contrast to the proper actions of the other officers who arrived on the scene.
The footage from Sept. 10, 2023, shows the response by former SLMPD officers Austin Fraser and Ty Warren to a 911 call placed by Urayoan Rodriguez-Rivera saying he planned to take his own life.
Warren’s body camera recorded the response. Fraser’s did not, though the reason is unclear.
At 6:26 p.m. on the date Rodriguez-Rivera took his life, the officers discovered him beneath a tree on the east side of the popular Forest Park in St. Louis, still breathing, with a gunshot wound to the head.
Warren can be heard telling Fraser that Rodriguez-Rivera is still alive and that they need to transport him to the hospital.
“We better take this motherf***er then,” Warren tells his partner.
Fraser replied that he didn’t want to take the call because his shift ended in 30 minutes.
“We aren’t taking this sh*t,” Fraser responds. “I get off in 30 minutes. Let’s cruise around and come back.”
Body camera video shows the state of Missouri's reason for filing disciplinary action against two police officers. (Source: KMOV)
The officers leave Rodriguez-Rivera with a gunshot wound and still breathing beneath the tree. Neither officer calls for medical help for the victim or tries to render any first aid. Neither officer reports to dispatch that the victim was discovered. They also walk away laughing.
Nothing on Warren’s body camera video shows either of the officers tried to find or secure a firearm used by Rodriguez-Rivera. His death was determined to be a suicide, but the gun was never found.
Mitch McCoy, a spokesperson for SLMPD, said in a statement that the firearm is listed as stolen and the investigation into it is ongoing. The department is monitoring hits in the National Integrated Ballistic Information Network (NIBIN).
“To date, there have been none,” McCoy said.
As the two officers walk away from the dying man, Fraser says to Warren, “They’re [other officers] gonna find this mother****er and we’re gonna be like, ‘Oh sh*t you found him.’” The two officers can then be heard laughing on body camera audio.
The two officers drive through several city streets and return to the victim about 10 minutes later. They arrive just before another officer does. In that officer’s body camera footage, Fraser and Warren can be seen “looking” for the victim they had walked away from minutes earlier, pretending as if it was the first time they arrived at the scene.
The third officer then spots Rodriguez-Rivera and immediately notifies dispatch. He then makes a priority request that EMS come to the scene for a person still breathing with a gunshot wound to the head.
Other officers also arrive shortly after and tape off the scene. One officer checks Rodriguez-Rivera for a pulse and finds one, which he describes as “super weak.” As that officer searches the area for a firearm, another officer tries to render first aid.
At 6:38 p.m., an officer’s body camera shows Warren and Fraser walking to their police cruiser and leaving the scene for a second time. At least two other officers mention it.
“You know what’s f***ed up? Warren and Fraser just left,” one of the officers says in body camera audio.
“Why?” asks the other.
“I don’t know,” he replies.
Another officer said he was going to “out the f*** out of Fraser” for leaving the active scene at 6:38.
“You can’t just leave,” the officer said to a colleague while in a police cruiser.
EMS arrived at the scene at 6:53 p.m. and transported Rodriguez-Rivera to the hospital. That was about 27 minutes after Warren and Fraser arrived the first time and 40 minutes after the victim made the initial call to 911.
Rodriguez-Rivera later died at the hospital. The St. Louis Medical Examiner’s Office determined the death a suicide by gunshot to the head. It was later discovered he left a note and paid his share of the rest of the year’s rent before taking his own life.
Warren’s peace officer license has been revoked through the disciplinary process. A disciplinary hearing in Fraser’s case was set for last week.
Both officers were fired from the department after police administrators found the footage during a routine review of body camera recordings.
“The two individuals are no longer employed by the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department,” agency spokesperson McCoy said in a statement. “While we are unable to comment on specific personnel matters, SLMPD holds its officers to the highest of standards. Appropriate disciplinary action will be taken if an officer is found to have violated policies.”
Rodriguez-Rivera’s mother, who lives in Puerto Rico, expressed disbelief at what transpired. In a text message in Spanish, she described the officers’ actions as a “lack of humanity,” saying, “I hope the full weight of the law falls on these so-called police officers.”
Warren and Fraser have not returned KMOV’s multiple attempts to contact them for comment.
Body cam shows officers walk away from man found shot, still breathing: ‘Let’s cruise around and come back’
Shocking body camera footage shows two St. Louis police officers walking away from a still-breathing victim of a gunshot wound to the head because they said they did not want to take the call.
