Surprising POV video reveals brutal second undercover cop shoots and kills suspected carjacker in Kentucky

A SHOCKING video reveals the second an undercover US police officer fatally shoots a person who was allegedly making an attempt to take his automotive from him.

Detective Matthew Hayden was casing a home in Louisville, Kentucky final Monday (19 JUN) from an unmarked silver Nissan when a 21-year-old suspect approached him in an obvious carjacking try.

The person – later recognized as dad-of-two Mark Jaggers Jr. – flung the door open while brandishing a gun, however was shockingly fatally shot by Hayden earlier than he may even react.

Footage captured from the angle of Hayden’s physique digicam reveals Jaggers – who was sporting a black hoodie and black ski masks – shortly approaching the police officer’s automotive.

Hayden, seemingly already conscious of what’s about to occur, shouts “Police!” proper as Jaggers pulls the automotive door open, while apparently pointing a gun on the officer.

Earlier than the suspect can do a factor although, Hayden fires three fast pictures on the younger man, who’s knocked backwards onto the grass outdoors, earlier than the detective steps out after him.

Hayden instantly shouts “Give me your palms!” earlier than uttering into his radio: “Photographs fired, pictures fired.”

He turns to look down at Jaggers, who lies surprised on the bottom along with his palms up, asking exasperatedly: “F**okay. What’s your deal bro?”

Hayden then speaks again into his radio, asking his colleagues to return spherical to him as somebody has simply tried to rob him, to which Jaggers interjects: “I wasn’t going to rob you.”

Hayden then asks for Jagger’s title, which he weakly provides earlier than grim footage seems to indicate him attempting to cling to life, by actually greedy at tree branches beside him

Abruptly a automotive pulls up close by and a frantic girl jumps out, shouting: “That’s my child daddy! Did you simply shoot my child daddy?”

Detective Hayden tells her to remain again whereas requesting for backup once more, telling dispatchers: “I’ve bought folks displaying up.”

In the meantime, the girl continues to scream frantically, claiming she has their son within the automotive behind her, earlier than demanding to know the place Jaggers bought shot and yelling out his title.

She tries getting nearer to the scene however Hayden warns her to maintain again, earlier than different officers quickly arrive and direct her away from the scene.

Officers later rendered first assist to the suspect in an try to avoid wasting Jagger’s life earlier than he was additional transported to a neighborhood hospital by paramedics.

Nonetheless, Jaggers succumbed to his wounds and was declared useless by docs.

Kentucky State Police Captain Paul Blanton later said Jaggers was armed when he approached Detective Hayden.

Jaggers’ father later instructed native media he was upset about his son’s loss of life and claimed he would by no means attempt to carjack law enforcement officials.

His father reportedly added that Jaggers didn’t know an officer could be sitting contained in the unmarked automobile.

Louisville Mayor Craig Greenberg mentioned in an announcement that Hayden “acted appropriately, heroically, and bravely, and quickly in response to somebody attempting to carjack his automotive whereas he was within the line of responsibility.”

Greenberg added: “I need to thank the Kentucky State Police for his or her help with this investigation and I recognize their exhausting work to launch this video in a well timed method.

“Any time an individual loses their life like this it’s a tragedy. On this case, it’s clear from the video that the officer was defending his personal life from an armed assailant.

“He shortly known as for assist, rendered assist, and made certain to document the whole encounter by activating his body-worn digicam.

“That is one other tragic instance of why we should hold weapons off our streets and guarantee we’re doing all we will to stop younger folks from turning to violence and crime.

“Our administration and the whole neighborhood stay dedicated to that aim.”

Police mentioned no additional info could be launched presently and the investigation is ongoing.