Crime & Safety
Police Footage Of Silver Spring Shooting Released
Vehicle and body camera footage from police shows a man pointing a gun at officers before being shot during a traffic stop in Silver Spring.
SILVER SPRING, MD — Police vehicle and body camera footage from a fatal Silver Spring shooting was released Tuesday by the Maryland Attorney General. The footage shows the moments leading up to police fatally shooting a man, identified as 27-year-old Osman Sesay, during a traffic stop in the early hours of Dec. 29.
Police say there was a shooting reported earlier, at about 4:15 a.m., and the suspect was believed to have left in a white Mercedes Benz. When police saw a car matching that description, they pulled it over.
Police ordered the people in the car to put their hands out the window, and then told the driver to reach from the outside and open the car door. Video shows the passenger, Sesay, start to open his passenger door. Officers yelled at Sesay to stay in the car.
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Sesay can be seen getting out of the Mercedes and pointing a gun at officers. The officers then fired multiple shots at Sesay. The camera footage then shows a gun on the ground near the Mercedes, and a body on the sidewalk near the car.
The four officers involved in the shooting are on administrative leave.
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