ARLINGTON, Texas — Late Thursday afternoon, Arlington police released three videos after the family of a man killed in a shoot-out questioned police's claims that their son shot at police first.
The videos are from a dash camera and two from body-worn cameras.
Arlington police say they pulled over a car Friday night with four people inside for a traffic violation, which soon turned into a drug investigation.
"Any weed in car tonight?" you can hear the responding officer ask a female driver. Police revealed Thursday that the car being driven had been involved in a November 2018 drug case.
On the body camera video of a back-up officer, you hear him ask passenger Tre'shun Miller to exit the car. Miller immediately flees with the back-up officer chasing him and the main officer close behind. As the officers chase Miller, you hear gunshots ring out. The backup officer, who was closest to Miller, falls to the ground, yelling. The other officer continues to chase Miller as gunshots continue, and Miller is then seen laying on the ground.
The back-up officer, a 17-year veteran, was shot and injured. Miller was shot and was pronounced dead at a local hospital.
In terms of the sequence of firing, Chief Will Johnson said, "I think it's clear on the video the suspect shot first."
Miller's family and their attorney Justin Moore also viewed the video today, but they feel it's inconclusive.
"Looking at that officer's body cam, you can't see who pulled their gun first, you can't see who fired shots first," Moore said.
Police also released the dash camera video and the body-worn camera video of the main officer on scene for another perspective.
In total, more than a dozen shots were fired. "Right now there is no evidence to support the officer who was wounded discharged his weapon at all," Chief Johnson said.
"We have more questions, of course," Moore said. "But we're going to allow APD to internally investigate this case, allow them to do what they're paid to do, and hopefully we get more answers after that investigation has been rendered."
Court records show Miller was awaiting hearings on two recent charges: one for burglary of a habitation and one for marijuana possession.
The injured officer has been released from the hospital, but Chief Johnson says he faces a long recovery.