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- Shannon Gilchrist contribute­d to this story.

41-second clip existed, after Gadell-Newton posted it and an eyewitness account to YouTube on Friday.

“It was odd; we spoke to a woman there at the scene and she never mentioned to us that she took video,” Tucker said.

Investigat­ors will be able to glean some informatio­n from the footage but not much, he said.

“It is the aftermath. It’s taken from a distance,” Tucker said. “Would it be helpful for painting a picture of the response? Absolutely... (But) nothing actually captures the event itself.”

He said he hopes other video exists, and that those people come forward to share it.

The shooting occurred after a hearing for Haynes on two delinquenc­y cases, both involving guns, before Juvenile Court Magistrate Larry Sanchez. By all accounts, Haynes was emotional as he and his mother left the courtroom.

Deputy Scarboroug­h confronted the boy in the hallway, near a door to the magistrate’s offices, when he “came under attack,” was knocked to the ground and was in “a fight for his life” when he fired one shot, Chief Deputy Rick Minerd said Wednesday. The boy To see the cellphone video shot at the Franklin County Courthouse, go to wasn’t armed, officials have said.

Haynes was shot in the abdomen and died less than an hour later at OhioHealth Grant Medical Center. Scarboroug­h was treated for a black eye, bruises and scrapes, Minerd said.

As the video begins, a court official appears to be assisting Scarboroug­h in checking on the wounded boy. The only others in the frame are Haynes’ mother and grandmothe­r, a girl and two other court officials. A second deputy arrives 15 seconds later.

Gadell-Newton was critical of how the deputy initially handled his encounter with the boy and his mother.

“There was no effort to de-escalate the situation, to get them to calm down,” she said. “The deputy inserted himself too quickly without letting them settle down.”

 ?? GADELL-NEWTON VIDEO] [CONSTANCE ?? In this segment of a video that was taken by a defense attorney with her cellphone, Franklin County Deputy Richard Scarboroug­h kneels over 16-year-old Joseph Haynes seconds after the deputy fatally shot the teen. The women to the right are Haynes’...
GADELL-NEWTON VIDEO] [CONSTANCE In this segment of a video that was taken by a defense attorney with her cellphone, Franklin County Deputy Richard Scarboroug­h kneels over 16-year-old Joseph Haynes seconds after the deputy fatally shot the teen. The women to the right are Haynes’...

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