According to CBS affiliate WTOL, city leaders decided to show the unredacted video of the incident captured by police dash cameras to dispel rumors surrounding the shooting.
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The video shows Richardson on a bike then fleeing on foot behind a building as police pursue him. One officer continues the pursuit on foot while the others pursue in a cruiser.
WTOL reports according to the department's public information officer Lt. Kevan Toney, Richardson was a suspect in four carryout robberies.
A tweet sent by the Toledo Police Department stated no officers were harmed in the incident.
Update: Officer-Involved shooting investigation is ongoing & will take time. We will provide updates as we get them. The person shot is 25 years of age, not a juvenile. He did have a firearm. PLEASE, be weary of misinformation. pic.twitter.com/ypZapEQTj5
— Toledo Police (@ToledoPolice) July 28, 2018
According to CBS, this is the second police shooting in Toledo in less than a week. On Saturday, a man was killed after a robbery at a Dollar General store in South Toledo, WTOL reports.
Officer Jonathon Chio, a three-year veteran of the police force, shot and killed 56-year-old Dale Slocum, who police said entered the Dollar General waving a gun and demanding money.
The gun was later discovered to be a replica, but police said they found 53-year-old Tommy Thacker stabbed to death inside the store. Police told WTOL Thacker was stabbed while trying to hold Slocum down.
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Toney acknowledged the timing of the two shootings is unusual, but said that officer-involved shootings do happen in a city of Toledo's size, WTOL reports.
"Anytime anyone is shot, it's concerning," Toney said. "Police officers don't want to shoot anyone. It's one of the hardest things an officer faces."
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