Court: Video of judge’s shooting is public record

COLUMBUS» Surveillance video showing a judge being shot and wounded at a courthouse before the assailant was himself shot and killed is a public record, the Ohio Supreme Court said in a case brought by The Associated Press. The court rejected a prosecutor’s arguments that releasing the video could endanger court personnel by revealing details of security protocol. The Jefferson County prosecutor never provided any evidence about howthe county was using the video footage of the shooting for security purposes. The video shows Jefferson County Judge Joseph Bruzzese Jr. being shot outside a courthouse in Steubenville in eastern Ohio in August 2017 by Nathaniel Richmond, 51, and then Richmond being killed by a probation officer.