US Shooting
AP-APTN-0930: US Shooting
Tuesday, 11 September 2012
STORY:US Shooting- +4:3 Police release video showing gunman who killed six people at a Sikh temple last month
LENGTH: 03:24
FIRST RUN: 0030
RESTRICTIONS: See Script
TYPE: English/Nats
SOURCE: AP TELEVISION/ABC/Oak Creek Police Handout
STORY NUMBER: 858296
DATELINE: Oak Creek - 10 Sept 2012/Recent
LENGTH: 03:24
AP TELEVISION - AP CLIENTS ONLY
ABC - NO ACCESS NAMERICA/INTERNET
OAK CREEK POLICE HANDOUT - AP CLIENTS ONLY
SHOTLIST
OAK CREEK POLICE HANDOUT - AP CLIENTS ONLY
5 August 2012
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1. Various of police car dash-cam (dashboard camera) video of Lieutenant Brian Murphy as he pulls into driveway of Sikh Temple and runs with gun drawn to help injured victim, then shooter in white shirt is seen running towards him ++MUTE++
2. Various of police dash-cam video of Officer Sam Lenda as he backs his car out of driveway to get his rifle, yells for shooter to drop the gun and begins firing at him UPSOUND: gunshots and sirens
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10 September 2012
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3. Various exteriors of Oak Creek Police Department building
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10 September 2012
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4. Wide of police news conference
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10 September 2012
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5. SOUNDBITE: (English) John Edwards, Oak Creek Police Chief
"And it shows both officers, Lieutenant Murphy first, arriving on scene when he did, saving lives, I believe, because of when he got there."
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10 September 2012
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6. SOUNDBITE: (English) Sam Lenda, Officer, Oak Creek Police
"What happened as you saw I came over from the top of the hill and from that distance you will see in the tape there, I could just see a white glimpse. Mr. Page was dressed with black fatigues on and a white t-shirt and I saw that gentleman turn and start walking towards me and that's when I do my radio transmission. What I have done is I come up to the top of the hill, you will see me back up, the reason that I backed up is because our squad has a locking mechanism in it that you have to sequence two buttons in order to get the rifle lock out. I backed up, accessed my rifle, and then pulled back in."
7. Mid of Lenda, pan to screen
8. SOUNDBITE: (English) Sam Lenda, Officer, Oak Creek Police
"Went through the checklist that we train for, for law enforcement. He had a weapon, he had an intent, he had a delivery system, I went through those, I knew I had those factors, I had a target, I acquired it, I isolated it, we were in preclusion mode where no other things would work, it wouldn't be advisable to use a taser, or try to OC this gentleman. It was time to use deadly force, which I was privileged to do at that time. Yes he was in a parking lot of a church, there were other people around, there is a theory that we have called "greater danger" theory, that it is better to take the shot and even if you miss, and may strike a bystander, to stop that threat that is going there, from what we have seen now, we know already that he was on a mission to cause havoc, he had to be stopped and that is why I decided to shoot at that time."
9. Cutaway of news conference
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10 September 2012
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10. SOUNDBITE: (English) Sam Lenda, Officer, Oak Creek Police
"We train for this, I'm very fortunate to be in a department that trains monthly, probably more than other departments do around the state and maybe that is the reason, he picked here, he didn't know that, but we were fortunate in the training that we have here at Oak Creek, it's above and beyond what many departments do."
11. Wide of media
STORYLINE:
Police in Wisconsin have released squad car videos that show a gunman who killed six people at a Sikh temple last month chase down the first police officer on the scene, pumping round after round into him as he lay wounded behind a parked car.
Oak Creek Police Chief John Edwards played the video from Lieutenant Brian Murphy's squad car before telling reporters that Murphy was shot 15 times, not nine as authorities previously said.
His armoured vest stopped three of the rounds, Edwards said.
Murphy was shot while tending to two victims of Wade Michael Page's August 5 rampage at the Sikh Temple.
Page, a 40-year-old Army veteran, opened fire with a 9 mm pistol shortly before Sunday services were to begin.
He killed six worshippers and wounded four others, including Murphy, before killing himself.
Page's motive in the shooting spree remains unclear.
The FBI is investigating, but U.S. Attorney James Santelle said it could be weeks or months before the agency releases any conclusions.
The squad car video shows a second officer arriving seconds after Page chased down Murphy.
Officer Sam Lenda and Page exchange fire, and then Page, barely discernible in the distance, takes a round in the stomach and topples over.
A final shot rings out as Page shoots himself in the head.
Police released about one minute of footage from Murphy's squad car and about three minutes from Lenda's in response to an open records request from The Associated Press and others.
Murphy's dashboard-mounted camera shows him speeding to the temple and pulling into the sun-splashed parking lot.
He stops in front of two victims, whose bodies were obscured before the video was released.
Murphy can be seen on the edge of the screen with his .45-calibre pistol drawn, speaking into his radio.
Edwards told reporters Murphy reported he couldn't see the shooter, had discovered victims and needed an ambulance.
The video then shows Page, dressed in a white shirt and black pants, bursting out of the temple. Murphy spots him and raises his gun.
Page runs out of the frame and Murphy rolls for cover behind a parked car, disappearing from view.
Page then jogs back into the frame and walks quickly toward Murphy, shooting out the back windshield of a nearby car before moving off-screen again.
Milwaukee County District Attorney John Chisholm said Murphy was hit in the cheek as he rolled for cover and the bullet entered his throat.
He tried to raise his gun again, but Page shot him in the thumb, knocking the weapon away.
Then Page closed in on Murphy, firing from about 10 feet away, Chisholm said. Murphy told investigators he remembered wondering when Page would run out of ammunition.
Murphy did not attend the news conference.
He was released from a hospital August 22 and is recovering at home.
Edwards said previously that Murphy can speak only in a whisper after being hit in the throat.
The video from Lenda's squad car shows him arriving about 10 seconds after Murphy was shot, bouncing over a median and into the temple's driveway.
Page sees Lenda's vehicle and starts walking toward him.
Lenda, a police firearms instructor, throws the car into reverse and then moves forward again before stopping about 60 yards from Page.
Lenda said he got out of the squad and hid behind the door with his AR-15 rifle.
Lenda can be heard in the video yelling several times at Page to drop his gun.
Page fires and a portion of Lenda's windshield over the steering wheel explodes. Lenda fires six times at Page, who starts walking to his left and then abruptly falls over.
A final shot can be heard at the end of the video as Lenda shouts at other officers, asking if they can see Page and if he's crawling.
"It was time to use deadly force, which I was privileged to do at that time," he said.
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