Cranston police release footage of officer shooting at shoplifting suspects. What it shows.


A video released Friday morning by Cranston Police Chief Col. Michael J. Winquist shows footage recorded by an officer’s body camera as she engaged with two suspected shoplifters before firing a shot at their vehicle.

Saying that the investigation is “substantially complete,” Winquist identified the officer as Kayleigh Cooper, member of the force for three years. The video only shows the incident from Cooper’s camera.

What does the video show?

Police have released the video but they have not provided a blow-by-blow explanation as to what happened.

The exchange took place at a red light on Reservoir Avenue, just south of the on-ramp to Route 10, shortly after 5:20 p.m. on Sunday.

An employee at Cranston’s Garden City Shopping Center notified police about a case of shoplifting.

Soon after, the two suspected shoplifters were in a Kia that Cooper spotted at the intersection on Reservoir near Route 10. They were stopped in traffic at the light.

Cranston Police Officer Kayleigh Cooper is shown in this body-worn camera footage drawing her firearm as shoplifting suspects appear to try and flee a traffic stop. Cooper fired a single shot at the fleeing suspects.

The video shows Cooper approaching the suspect’s vehicle on foot, opening the driver’s door and ordering the man and woman inside to get out. The driver refuses as the passenger urges him to flee. Cooper then appears to take out her firearm.

The footage then appears to show the vehicle moving toward the intersection. A single shot can be heard in the video. State police have said the officer fired a shot after the fleeing car drove over her foot.

The driver turns onto Route 10 North and drives away.

Suspects charged with assaulting an officer

Both occupants of the car have been charged with assault on a police officer.

The driver, a 24-year-old South Boston man, and the passenger, a 24-year-old Lynn woman, were captured by U.S. Marshals, Massachusetts State Police and Boston Police on Tuesday.

This is a developing story and will be updated

This article originally appeared on The Providence Journal: Police body cam footage of Cranston officer firing at suspects released

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