An off-duty police officer shot and injured a man who allegedly fired a gun in the parking lot of a Northwest Dallas nightclub Sunday, newly released body camera footage shows.
The department said uniformed off-duty Dallas police officers were working near Escapade Clubs when they heard a gunshot. The footage, released Thursday, shows two officers talking before visibly reacting to something in the video, which did not include audio in the first 20 seconds.
One of the officers, Ivan Gunter, is seen drawing his gun and walking towards two men in a parking lot, where one was shining a flashlight. Gunter can be heard telling the men, “put it down” multiple times before one of them grabs something off the ground and begins running away.
Gunter begins looking for the man with the gun — identified as 23-year-old Bryan Cruz-Campos — before another gunshot is heard.
In separate body camera footage, Officer Keenen Anderson is shown running through a parking lot searching for the suspect, who he tells him to "drop it" twice before firing a shot a the man, identified in the video as Cruz-Campos. He can be heard crying out in pain but continues running. Police said Anderson struck Cruz-Campos in the right shoulder.
The man is then seen running through the parking lot as Anderson chased him and yelled several times to drop his gun. The alleged shooter dropped the gun while running before laying on the ground next to it.
The footage shows the man moving his arms. In a recorded statement preceding the video, Deputy Police Chief William Griffith said Cruz-Campos was reaching for the weapon.
Anderson fired another round, which did not hit Cruz-Campos, and then kicked the gun away before demanding he turn on his stomach and put his arms behind his back. A second officer is seen assisting in the arrest, also demanding he put his arms behind his back. When the man refused, Anderson repeatedly used a stun gun to subdue him as the other officer held him down.
“Turn over so I can save your life, you’re bleeding,” Anderson is heard telling Cruz-Campus, who then pleads with police to stop: “Let me explain,” he said multiple times before the officer used the stun gun again.
“You’re going to keep getting tazed,” Anderson is heard saying before telling him to turn over again.
Dallas Fire-Rescue arrived and transported Cruz-Campos to a local hospital in stable condition, police said. Cruz-Campos is charged with aggravated assault and evading arrest.
No officers were injured during this incident. This is the fifth police shooting this year in Dallas.
The two officers are currently on administrative leave, which is the usual protocol in a police shooting, a DPD spokesperson told KERA News in an email Thursday.
The Dallas Office of Community and Police Oversight responded to the scene and has been briefed on the incident.
The shooting is under investigation by the Dallas Police Special Investigations Unit. The Dallas County District Attorney’s Office is conducting its own investigation.
Penelope Rivera is KERA’s breaking news reporter. Got a tip? Email Penelope Rivera at privera@kera.org.
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