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RALEIGH, N.C ---Raleigh Police Department released body cam and dash cam video from an officer-involved shooting that happened May 19.
An officer-involved shooting occurred on Ma…
#officerinvolvedshooting #RaleighPoliceDepartment #policeshotveteran
RALEIGH, N.C ---Raleigh Police Department released body cam and dash cam video from an officer-involved shooting that happened May 19.
An officer-involved shooting occurred on May 19, 2019 at 5210 Falls of Neuse
Road. The North Carolina State Bureau of Investigation (SBI) is conducting an
independent criminal investigation of the shooting and will present the
completed investigation directly to Wake County District Attorney, Lorrin
Freeman for review. The Detective Division of the Raleigh Police Department
is investigating the actions of Mr. Hendricks. Additionally, the Raleigh Police
Department’s Office of Professional Standards is conducting an administrative
investigation into the incident. When complete, the administrative investigation
will be reviewed by members of the Command Staff.
All investigations are on-going, will be thorough, and will follow the available
facts and evidence. Based upon the information currently available to the
Department, a preliminary review of the incident provides the following:
At approximately 9:30 AM on Sunday, May 19, 2019, members of the Raleigh
Fire Department responded to a medical call at 5201 Falls of Neuse Road.
When they arrived, they encountered Mr. Michael Anthony Hendricks, Jr. who
was sitting on the floor of his apartment near a cardboard box. He told fire
personnel that if they did not back off he would attack. Mr. Hendricks’
roommate was present and informed fire personnel that Mr. Hendricks
possessed a gun and kept it in the box immediately next to him. At that time,
Mr. Hendricks began rummaging through the box. Fire personnel immediately
backed away to a safe distance and asked for the Police Department to
quicken their response.
In addition to the request from the Raleigh Fire Department for police
assistance, another call was made to 911 stating that Mr. Hendricks was armed
with a knife and was having a war flashback. As of the date of t..
