Police release body cam video of officer shooting suspect

Evansville Police Department released body camera footage Friday afternoon from a police shooting on Spring Valley Drive earlier this month.

The video shows officers following 48-year-old Michael Anthony Foster and ordering him to put his hands up as he retreats. Officers then followed him around a corner, and one officer shoots at Foster multiple times until he falls to the ground.

Foster's image is blurry in the video, but police say he pointed a replica handgun at the police officer who first rounded the corner and confronted him. After Foster is on the ground, officers continue to order him to show his hands.

Several officers were following Foster at the time, and two were carrying patrol rifles, according to police spokesman Sgt. Jason Cullum. Officer Kenny Dutchske, who has worked in the department since 2006, was identified as the officer who fired at Foster.

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