Columbus police released 911 calls, body camera footage, and new details Wednesday about a shooting Sunday that left a suspect dead near the Ohio State University campus.
Asante Taaj Omar Miller, 21, whom police say lived on the streets of Columbus, was pronounced dead at 1:15 p.m. Sunday after an hourslong standoff with police.
The incident began with a report of a burglary in progress at about 8 a.m. Sunday on the 1500 block of Worthington Street, according to a news release that accompanied the document release. Police said they were told the suspect was inside the residence.
Police body camera footage appears to show Miller leaving that residence and fleeing police, ignoring repeated instructions to “drop the gun.” As he walked away from police with a hand in his hooded sweatshirt pocket, several officers opened fire, but he escaped, the footage shows.
A 911 caller had told police Miller was a former resident at the home on Worthington Street, and said he was armed, according to a copy of the recording reviewed by The Dispatch.