Joe Frasure, 28, died Tuesday, one day after Wyoming police officers fired four shots at him as he was behind the wheel of a minivan.
\nAn investigation is underway after a 28-year-old Ohio man died Tuesday, a day after he was shot by police who believed he was a burglary suspect, as, his family says, he was cleaning out his late grandmother’s home.
\nJoe Frasure was shot at early Monday in Wyoming, a city of about 9,000 about 12 miles north of downtown Cincinnati. He was hospitalized and died Tuesday, according to the Hamilton County Coroner\u2019s Office.
\nWyoming police said officers responded to an apartment building in the 300 block of Durrell Avenue shortly before 1 a.m. for a report that two to three people were trying to break into a residence.
\nThe 911 caller said the apartment should have been vacant.
\nResponding officers heard activity at the rear of the building and encountered Frasure and his father in the rear driveway, Police Chief Brooke Brady said in a video statement.
\nShe said Frasure was in a minivan and refused commands to exit.
\n“The minivan reversed at a high rate of speed, before hitting a tree, at which point the vehicle accelerated rapidly at our officers,\u201d she said. \u201cThe officers fired four shots at the minivan as the minivan was accelerating towards them.”
\nThe Hamilton County Sheriff\u2019s office said Frasure was struck in the gunfire.
\nAfter the shooting, the car struck the building.
\n“With the vehicle smoking and the engine still running, our officers forced their way into the minivan and pulled Mr. Frasure from it. They then provided life-saving care and he was transported to University Hospital,” she said.
\nHis cause and manner of death have not been released.
\nBrady said that she has reviewed officer bodycam video of the incident and that it has been shared with the sheriff’s office and the Hamilton County Prosecutor’s Office, which are investigating.
\n\u201cThis is a tragedy for all involved,\u201d Brady said. \u201cOur thoughts and prayers go out to the family at this time.\u201d
\nPolice did not reply to requests for further details. The prosecutor\u2019s office said the matter is still under investigation.
\nFrasure’s family has disputed the police account, saying he was not a burglary suspect. Rather, they say he and his father had been clearing out an apartment his grandmother lived in before she recently died, NBC affiliate\u2002WLWT of Cincinnati reported.
\nHis sister, Shonda Coleman, told the station: \u201cI didn\u2019t hear none of that. I didn\u2019t hear no commands. All I heard is pop, pop, pop, pop. Like, it was, like, 10 rounds.
\n“I want to see the bodycam. I want all the cops that was here, every one of them that was here, I want their information,\u201d she said.
\nProsecutors are expected to hold a news conference Friday with further information, including the officers\u2019 bodycam video. <\/p>\n
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