BEDFORD, Ind. — 13News is digging into new body camera video of a deadly police shooting in Lawrence County, which was released Thursday following a public records request.
The shooting happened Sept. 28, 2023, in Bedford, about a half hour south of Bloomington. The video captured the moment three Bedford Police Department officers fired several shots at a man driving an SUV, killing him.
The Lawrence County coroner later identified that man as 47-year-old Daymond Hubbard.
Investigators said the incident stemmed from Hubbard's mother attempting to get an order of protection against him earlier that day.
Body camera video from that evening shows his mother telling officers that Hubbard followed her home, and she went back to the police station.
"He told me again the other night, 'If you ever talk to the police, or talk to anybody about me, I will kill you,'" his mother said in the video. "I mean, he was loud, I mean real intimidating. He said, 'Do you understand me? Do you hear me?' He said, 'I will kill you.'"
Police then responded to Hubbards' home on Western Avenue, where officers said they found Hubbard driving through the backyard. Officers can be heard in the video ordering him to stop the car.
Once Hubbard stopped the vehicle, officers approached the SUV, demanding he get out. It was at that point he began to drive away.
Investigators said during a short pursuit, Hubbard struck two patrol cars and rapidly accelerated toward an officer. That's when the prosecutor said the three officers fired their weapons, striking Hubbard in his car.
Hubbard was taken to IU Health Bedford Hospital, where he died from gunshot wounds.
In a statement, Lawrence County Prosecutor Samuel C. Arp II said, after reviewing the case, he determined "the officers' actions in this incident were justified in the preservation of life."
The prosecutor also said police responded to the Hubbards' home numerous times over the past two years for complaints of illegal narcotics, threats of violence, suicidal threats and threats against law enforcement.