Body camera footage released in officer-involved shooting

Oklahoma City police released body camera footage Monday of a fatal police shooting from June that shows a man advancing on officers as he holds a pistol.

In the video, officer Clayton Sargeant arrives on the scene, steps out of his car and immediately draws his weapon, as officer Brandon Lee stands behind his patrol car, weapon also drawn.

Deveonte L. Johnson, 24, can be seen walking slowly on the opposite side of Lee’s car as both officers yell at him to drop his weapon. Johnson continues to advance around the front end of the vehicle, holding a pistol at his side.

Johnson never raises the weapon but continues walking around the front side of the patrol unit as the officers shout commands to drop his weapon. Johnson makes his way around the car and is a few feet from the officers when Sargeant fires his weapon three times, and Johnson slumps to the ground.

Police were called to the area of SW 15 and Robinson Avenue about 4:30 p.m. June 25, a Sunday, after witnesses reported they saw a man pointing a handgun at passing vehicles.

“They said they heard load pops, as if he was discharging his weapon,” Capt. Paco Balderrama said the day following the shooting.

When officers arrived, they found Johnson sitting on the steps of a business at 1522 S Robinson Ave. Johnson then stood up and began walking toward Lee, who was the first officer to respond.

After the shooting, Johnson was taken by ambulance to a local hospital, where he died from his injuries.

Sargeant was placed on a routine administrative leave, but he has returned to restricted duty, Capt. Bo Matthews said at a Monday news conference.

Lee never fired his weapon, and he was not wearing a body camera.

Johnson had prior convictions in Oklahoma County for first-degree robbery and possession of stolen property, Oklahoma Supreme Court Network records online show.

The Oklahoma City police department has had four officer-involved shootings in 2017, three of which were fatal.