NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WTVF) — A 30-year-old man has died after a shooting involving two Metro Police officers Friday morning at the Greyhound Bus Station in Nashville.
A 911 call and body camera video released by Metro Police are helping piece together what happened.
It started around 6 a.m. when the man police eventually shot called 911.
"I'm here at the Greyhound Station, and I have a gun and I'm feeling crazy," the man said in the 911 call, released by Metro Police.
Police have not released the name of the man.
Metro Police released two angles of body camera video — one from each of the responding officers, Grey Maxwell and Ryan Yzunza, both three-year veterans of the department.
The video shows the officers walking up to the man, who had his hand in a backpack, and told the officers "I have a gun."
"Get your hand out of the backpack," one officer said.
"Hey, put the gun down, dude," said the other.
The video shows the man then quickly pull his hand from the bag and point it towards officers, who then shot the man, who was taken to Vanderbilt University Medical Center where police say he died.
Metro Police say there was no gun found in the backpack that the man was wearing.
WHY WEREN'T MENTAL HEALTH RESPONDERS PRESENT?
Metro Police takes part in the Partners In Care program that pairs police officers with mental health professionals to be able to help in situations where people are in a mental crisis.
But Metro Police says those workers only work day and evening shifts, not the overnight shift in the central precinct — the shift that was on duty during the call.
And police say even if they were there, they wouldn't have been able to help in Friday's situation.
"Partners In Care would come into a situation once things have been settled and de-escalated," Metro Police spokesperson Don Aaron said. "As the officers were responding to this particular person with his hand in a backpack, making references he had a gun, Partners In Care, even if they were here, would not have interceded at that point because the situation is still very volatile, and based on what was taking place, the Partners In Care person would have been in as much potential danger as the police officers."
At the press conference Friday morning, Police said they often patrol the area near the Greyhound bus station and respond to many calls nearby.
Metro police say the 30-year-old police killed arrived in Nashville on a bus.
Police say both officers are on administrative leave while agencies investigate the shooting.
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