'I'm sorry, brother': Ohio deputy apologizes for shooting
SPRINGFIELD, Ohio (AP) — An Ohio sheriff's deputy shot a news photographer whose camera he mistook for a gun without any warning, according to video footage released Wednesday.
Clark County deputy Jake Shaw was sitting in his cruiser waiting for information on a vehicle he pulled over, then opened his cruiser door and fired two shots a second later Monday night, according to footage from Shaw's body camera.
Shaw realized his mistake immediately as he rushed to the aid of the photographer, Andy Grimm, whom he knew, according to the video.
"Andy, I'm sorry, brother," Shaw said. "Listen, dude, you pulled that out like a gun out of the back of the Jeep."
"I thought it was a freaking gun, Andy," Shaw said a minute later.