Cincinnati Police: Officer Shot Suspect Who Pulled a Gun

( Madisonville ) - A man is dead after being shot by a Cincinnati police officer on Saturday.

Chief Theresa Theetge says Officer Genesis Steele was responding to a 911 call about a car driving erratically, possibly intoxicated. She pulled in to the UDF at the corner of Red Bank and Madison, and as she approached the driver. Body cam video shows 34-year-old Leonard Brewington initially putting his hands up before he reaches into the car and pulls out a gun, pointing it at the officer. Officer Steele yells for him to get on the ground and fires five shots.

Brewington died at the hospital. Investigators say the car in question was stolen and a loaded gun was recovered from the scene.

Officer Steele was not injured. She's now on administrative leave while an investigation into the shooting is conducted.


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