WICHITA, Kan. (AP) - Relatives of a 9-year-old girl who was injured when a former Wichita police officer fired at her family’s dog are criticizing the city for waiting six months before releasing the officer’s body-camera video.
The Wichita Eagle reports that the video shows Officer Dexter Betts firing two shots in December at close range at the girl’s 35- to 40-pound dog. She screams after a bullet fragment ricochets off the floor and hit her. The family’s attorney, Charley O’Hara, says the fragment left a scar above her eye. He says the family is considering suing.
The department fired Betts afterward, and he’s awaiting trial on an aggravated battery charge.
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Police Captain Doug Nolte says it wasn’t appropriate to release the video sooner because it was an investigative record in a felony case.
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Information from: The Wichita (Kan.) Eagle, http://www.kansas.com
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