The both officers are white, while McCoy was black, police said.ĭepartment regulations allow officers to work secondary jobs at bars and other establishments while off-duty to earn extra money, though the department hasn’t said what business Lovell and Mathews may have been working for at the time. The two are on administrative leave while the investigation proceeds. The department identified the patrolmen involved in the shooting as Officer Kevin Lovell and Officer Shane Mathews, each with around six years on the force.
The SBI said it was still gathering information and wouldn’t have anything to release Friday. Brad Koch referred questions about who shot McCoy to the State Bureau of Investigation. It wasn’t immediately clear whether the officers fired the shots that hit either person. The State Bureau of Investigation has been called in to investigate. I heard the cops say, ‘Drop the gun,' but they kept shooting,' Jose Rodriguez said. “They tumbled, stumbled, one dude was trying to get the gun off him, kept shooting the gun at the floor, ricocheting. It's madness down here,' Gamble said.Īnother witness told the station that he saw two fighting men pull out guns and shoot at each other. 'When he hit the guy, the police came up behind them and the next thing you know, they was on the ground. Witness Dedrick Gamble said at least one person in the crowd fired a gun, causing police to approach, and then at least one officer fired.
