Summary

TROOPER ON LEAVE AFTER STRUGGLE ENDS WITH SHOOTING. TROOPER JAMES CRESS OF THE WILMINGTON PATROL STOPPED ERROL BAKKER II AND ASKED HIM TO EXIT HIS VEHICLE ON SUSPICION OF DUI. WHEN CRESS TRIES TO PAT BAKER DOWN HE FIGHTS BACK AND A STRUGGLE ENSUES. BAKER HAS A HANDGUN THAT FALLS TO THE GROUND AND THE TWO FOUGHT TO GAIN CONTROL OF THAT FIREARM. MOMENTS LATER WE SEE TROOPER CRESS PULL HIS WEAPON OUT AND THEN BAKER'S BODY GO LIMP. TROOPER CRESS SHOT HIM IN THE HEAD AND BAKER DIED AT THE SCENE.

Source CONUS Archive
Record ID 286025
Story Slug A MISS AND A HIT STRUGGLE 2006
Location OHIO
Format DASHCAM
Date 2-19-2006
Archive Time 200:00:00
TRT 10:00
Video Description NIGHTTIME COLOR DASHCAM WITH AUDIO IN PORTIONS, OUR CAR PULLS OVER ANOTHER CAR DURING SNOWY NIGHT WEATHER, OFFICER ASKS MAN TO GET OUT OF CAR, HE STARTS TO PAT HIM DOWN AND A FIGHT BEGINS, LOTS OF STRUGGLING AND WRESTLING ON GROUND BEFORE OFFICER SHOOTS MAN AND HIS BODY GOES LIMP, OFFICER THEN TRIES TO ADMINISTER FIRST AID AND ALSO ESCORTS A WOMAN OUT OF THE PASSENGER SIDE OF THE CAR TO HIS SQUAD CAR
Description TROOPER ON LEAVE AFTER STRUGGLE ENDS WITH SHOOTING. TROOPER JAMES CRESS OF THE WILMINGTON PATROL STOPPED ERROL BAKKER II AND ASKED HIM TO EXIT HIS VEHICLE ON SUSPICION OF DUI. WHEN CRESS TRIES TO PAT BAKER DOWN HE FIGHTS BACK AND A STRUGGLE ENSUES. BAKER HAS A HANDGUN THAT FALLS TO THE GROUND AND THE TWO FOUGHT TO GAIN CONTROL OF THAT FIREARM. MOMENTS LATER WE SEE TROOPER CRESS PULL HIS WEAPON OUT AND THEN BAKER'S BODY GO LIMP. TROOPER CRESS SHOT HIM IN THE HEAD AND BAKER DIED AT THE SCENE.
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Keywords

CAUGHT ON TAPE
CAUGHT ON VIDEO
CAUGHT ON CAMERA
DASHBOARD
SURVEILLANCE
CCTV
IN-CAR
DRAMATIC
FIGHT
WRESTLING
WRESTLE
BRAWL
RESISTING ARREST
SHOTS FIRED
DEADLY
SHOOTING
SHOOT
GUN
RESISTANCE
POLICE
COPS
TOUGH JOB
FATAL
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