#2022-03-14

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Buffalo, N.Y. — The Buffalo Police Department on Wednesday released body camera footage from one of the body cameras worn by officers who shot a man armed with a knife on Hertel Avenue. The 30-year-old man, identified as Dominique Thomas, was apparently having a mental health crisis. The video shared by Buffalo Police was from the body camera of Officer Michael Ramos. It begins with at least three officers including Ramos in the stairwell of a Hertel Avenue apartment building. They were responding to a call that someone was threatening to kill someone around 4:30 a.m. Monday. They repeatedly asked him to put down the knife. As the situation made its way outside, Thomas refused to put down the weapon and eventually charged at officers. Two officers fired repeatedly, bringing Thomas down in the street. The video shows Dominique Thomas being shot multiple times, you can hear 10 gunshots. The officers immediately went to help Thomas and had called an ambulance ahead of time. Police say Thomas, remains in serious but stable condition at Erie County Medical Center.