A COP who shot and killed an unarmed naked man who charged towards him was “acting within the law”, officials said.
Disturbing bodycam footage shows officer Matthew Yao, from New Hampshire, fatally shooting Ethan Freeman, 37, in the chest during the October 2020 incident.
Officer Matthew Yao’s body camera video captured the fatal shooting of Ethan Freeman in October 2020The pair had first crossed paths that morning in the lobby of a local school after Freeman required medical help for what he thought was a heart attack.
During that encounter, Freeman told Yao: “I just need mental help and medical assistance.”
The events that unravelled later in the day were recorded on the officer’s body camera and captured the moment the officer fatally shot the man twice in the chest.
In the video, as Yao points a gun towards a window of Freeman’s apartment, he shouts: “Stay in there, Ethan”.
Freeman rolls out of the window, unarmed and naked, before leaping to his feet.
As he charges towards the officer he is seen covered in blood.
Officer Yao repeats: “Ethan, stay back. Stay back Ethan, stay back.”
When Freeman gets to ten-feet-away and still failing to stop, officer Yao opens fire, shooting the man twice in the chest.
The footage, which Sun Online has chosen not to show, captures Freeman falling to the ground after being shot.
