Horrifying moment cops walk away from gunshot victim because their shifts were ending
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In the video, the officers walk away from the dying man while laughing. A police officer in Missouri reportedly refused to assist a dying man because his shift was almost over and bodycam footage caught the moment cops decided to leave him. A pair of St Louis Metropolitan police officers were caught walking away from a man suffering from a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head because one of the officers' shifts was ending in a half an hour.
In the video, former St. Louis police officers Austin Fraser and Ty Warren are dispatched to assist a man who called 911 and said he planned to die by suicide. Around 6:26 p.m., the two officers found the man, Urayoan Rodriguez-Rivera, bleeding from a gunshot wound to the head. The officers discovered upon arrival that Rodriguez-Rivera was still alive.
Warren's body camera was recording at the time of the incident. Fraser's was not, and it is not immediately clear why his was not operating. "We better take this motherf***** then," Warren told Fraser, referencing the wounded man. Fraser then said he wanted to run out the clock on his shift.
"We aren't taking this s***," Fraser said. "I get off in 30 minutes, let's cruise around and come back.". The officers left the scene, with Rodriguez-Rivera still alive, though grievously wounded. Neither of the officers called for medical assistance for the victim or provided first aid. Neither of the officers reported the incident to dispatchers or a supervisor at any point.
