Body camera footage shows OIS of NC man who pointed apparent weapon at LEO
By: Anna Johnson, The News & Observer
RALEIGH, NC — Vehicle and body camera videos released Thursday show a Raleigh police officer shoot a man who was pointing an apparent weapon at the officer.
Officer C.T. Melochik shot Michael Anthony Hendricks Jr., 40, in the stomach May 19 at Quail Ridge Apartments off Falls of Neuse Road. Hendricks was holding an “Airsoft gun” with its orange safety tip removed, according to a report Police Chief Cassandra Deck-Brown released last week.
“Pursuant to the Raleigh Police Department’s continuing effort to foster transparency and trust in our community, RPD has decided to release body worn camera and dash camera footage related to the incident,” according to text on an edited video of the body camera and dash camera footage.
