ST. PAUL, Minn. — St. Paul police have released body camera footage of the fatal police shooting of Mychel Stowers, a 36-year-old man who was suspected of killing his pregnant ex-wife.
Mychel Stowers was shot by police near Watson Avenue and Bay Street on Saturday afternoon. Police were tipped off that he was on a bicycle near a laundromat in the area.
Police released video footage of the shooting from three angles: the body-worn cameras of officers Eric Jaworski and Matthew Foy , as well as footage from the squad car.
Video shows Foy driving the squad car, with Jaworski in the passenger seat carrying a long gun. Foy closes in on Mychel Stowers, and according to the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension, Mychel Stowers “produced a handgun and pointed it at the officers.” A gun is not clearly visible in the video and subsequent still images, though the BCA says they recovered one at the scene.
Jaworski fires several shots from inside the squad car, and Mychel Stowers stumbles off his bike and falls to the ground. Foy then gets out of the squad and fires several more shots in Mychel Stowers’ direction, according to the video.