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ea 101 City Hall Plaza, Durham,NC 27701 | 919.5 he a oa CITY OF DURHAM emo Date: April 4, 2019 To: Thomas J. Bonfield, City Manager From: Cerelyn J. Davis, Chief of Police Re: March 30, 2019 Officer Involved Shooting Based upon preliminary information, on March 30, 2019, at approximately 5:07 a.m., a woman called the Durham Emergency Communications Center (DECC) indicating that the father of her child, Ondrea Hutchison, was damaging property inside the residence and was scaring her and her child. The woman described Hutchison as wearing a dark blue top and sweat pants, According to DECC records, the woman screamed “get away from me,” and a male was heard yelling in the background before the call was abruptly discofnected. ‘At approximately 5:20 a.m., Officers J.W. Lanier and E.|, Masnik initially arrived at 9 Bevel Court in response to the domestic violence call and immediately encountered a male matching the description of Hutchison in the street. Both officers attempted to talk to Hutchison as he yelled and ranted while walking around the street and into the driveway. Officer Lanier proceeded into the garage of the residence in order to speak with the caller, who was holding her infant, son. Continuing to rant, Hutchison then entered the garage. Both officers repeatedly directed to step back outside in an attempt to maintain a safe distance between the caller and Hutchison. After Hutchison continued to refuse the officers’ commands, and display both verbal and physical aggression, the two officers attempted to place him in handcuffs. A struggle ensued for over a minute and a half causing the officers to call for additional back-up. As they continued to attempt to gain control of Hutchison, he grabbed onto Officer Lanier’s gun with both of his hands. Arriving officers shouted repeatedly for him to let go of the gun, but he continued to hold and attempt to gain control of the officer's weapon with one hand and, using the fist of his other hand, punched Officer Lanier across the face. Officer Masnik then deployed a conducted electrical weapon (Taser) but it was ineffective in diminishing the fight. Officers repeated their commands for Hutchison to let go of the gun, but when he failed to comply and continued to attempt to gain control of the weapon, Officer R.E. Jimenez shot Hutchison. Officers immediately began emergency medical treatment until EMS and firefighters arrived on the scene. Hutchison was transported to Duke University Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead. ‘The four officers involved in the incident — R.E. Jimenez, J.W. Lanier, E.1. Masnik and B.L. Mouzon — have been placed on administrative leave with pay, which is standard procedure in an officer involved shooting, Follow U ityotDurhamNc @ The Durham Police Department has requested that the North Carolina State Bureau of Investigation conduct an independent investigation into the incident. In addition, the Durham Police Department's Professional Standards Division is conducting an administrative investigation to ensure all departmental policies and procedures were followed. (01 City Hall Plaza, Ducham,NC27701 | Follow Us @city« @ fDurhamNc

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