Tyler PD releases bodycam footage after woman discharges officer’s gun during arrest (video)

By: ThisIsButter1 (13443.00) Views: 682 Score: 2 Used: 0 Bookmark: 0 Shares: 1 Downloads: 6 ----- Tyler, TX - The Tyler Police Department has released bodycam footage after a woman grabbed an officer’s firearm and discharged it during an altercation on Sunday afternoon.According to a release from the department, officers responded to a theft at Dollar General on Gentry Parkway on Sunday at around 2:09 p.m., where officers located two suspects nearby. While one complied with officers, another person, identified as Brianna Erwin, walked away and resisted when ordered to stop.“Erwin was informed that she was detained and not free to leave…Erwin turned her back to me and began to step away, which is when I attempted to grab her wrists in an attempt to place her into handcuffs. Erwin escalated to twisting her body to loosen my grasp on her and began running away, at which point she tripped and was eventually able to be placed into handcuffs.”In bodycam footage, an officer is heard saying, “Let go of my gun” before the gun discharged. In a statement from the police department, officials said an officer used a closed-hand strike on Erwin to avoid further escalation.“[The officer] advised Erwin grabbed for his holstered service pistol and somehow got her finger into the trigger guard with the pistol in the holster,” the affidavit said. “I observed damage to the bottom of the holster where the round came out.”Tyler PD released 7 seconds of the bodycam footage.Before being transported, Erwin claimed to be pregnant and was looked at by Tyler Fire EMTs before being taken to the Smith County Jail, where medical staff conducted a secondary evaluation.Abbott seeks stricter bail laws after East Texas murder suspect escapes while under house arrestMugshot of Brianna Nicole Erwin, courtesy of Smith County Jail While in jail, the arrest affidavit stated Erwin had made a sudden outburst and said she did not mean to fire the gun when she grabbed it.Officials said they also located a glass tube with a bulb on one end used as a pipe to smoke methamphetamine. Inside the pipe, officials said they found a crystal substance that later tested, indicating a “presumptive positive” for meth.Erwin has since been arrested on the following charges:* Outstanding warrant for aggravated assault with a deadly weapon * Two counts of aggravated assault of a public servant * Possession of a controlled substance * Resisting arrest * Resisting arrest with a deadly weapon * Evading arrest/detention * Harassment of a public servant * Theft-related charges remain under investigation

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