New details are out in the shooting death of an unarmed Black man by a Shreveport, Louisiana, police officer. Alexander Tyler, the officer accused of shooting Alonzo Bagley, 43, faces negligent homicide charges after bodycam video was released Thursday.
The bodycam and 911 audio reveals more details outlining what happened leading up to the fatal shooting. On Feb. 3, Bagley’s wife, Tangela Jones, called 911 claiming Bagley was threatening her and their 15-year-old daughter.
“So he’s over there drinking, is he on any drugs or anything like that?” the dispatcher asked Jones.
“I don’t know what he’s on, he come from Cedar Grove,” Jones replied.
“He come from Cedar Grover raged, real raged and stuff acting a fool,” Jones continued.
After the 911 call, bodycam video shows two Shreveport police officers arriving to the apartment at 11:05 p.m. As the officers knock on the front door, Bagley and Jones are heard arguing behind the closed door.
Bagley first answers the door, and officers asked him to step outside the apartment. Bagley declined to step outside the apartment claiming he’s got dogs. Bagley is seen wearing a blue t-shirt with a bottle in his hand.
Jones is heard in the background telling the officers, “Come on in, sir, he’s disturbing the peace. We’ve got neighbors over there.” She goes on to tell the officer Bagley is intoxicated.
As the officers step inside the apartment, Bagley is seen on bodycam walking away to a back room. He continues claiming he’s going to put the dog up. Jones directs the officers toward the back of the apartment, and she also tells the police Bagley has marijuana in the back.
Bagley is seen walking into a back room and then closing the door.
As the unidentified officer opens the closed door, he draws his service weapon as Bagley is seen opening another back door leading to the outside of their…
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