New body camera footage has been released from the moments an Ohio deputy was shot at work at the Ross County Sheriff’s Office in Chillicothe. It happened around 5 p.m. when shots were exchanged between a suspect and a deputy.Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost said the officer, identified as Sgt. Eric Kocheran, was shot during the exchange of gunfire. He was taken to Grant Medical Center in Columbus, where he remains in serious condition.Watch the video player above to view the body cam footage of the moments that led up to the shooting.The suspect, identified through fingerprints as Nicholas Mitchel, 42, was taken to a Chillicothe-area hospital where he died from his injuries. The state is investigating the shooting.
New body camera footage has been released from the moments an Ohio deputy was shot at work at the Ross County Sheriff’s Office in Chillicothe.
It happened around 5 p.m. when shots were exchanged between a suspect and a deputy.
Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost said the officer, identified as Sgt. Eric Kocheran, was shot during the exchange of gunfire. He was taken to Grant Medical Center in Columbus, where he remains in serious condition.
Watch the video player above to view the body cam footage of the moments that led up to the shooting.
The suspect, identified through fingerprints as Nicholas Mitchel, 42, was taken to a Chillicothe-area hospital where he died from his injuries.
The state is investigating the shooting.
