Police Officer Terminated After Allegedly Shooting Man In Wheelchair

Tucson, Arizona police officer, Ryan Remington, has been terminated after fatally shooting a man who was sitting in a mobility scooter.

On Tuesday, released bodycam and surveillance recordings showed 61 year-old Richard Lee Richard get shot nine times. Richards had allegedly stolen a toolbox from Walmart.

The officer and a store associate followed Richards through a parking lot as he was in the wheelchair.

Remington requested to see Richards’s receipts. Instead the man displayed a knife and traveled towards another store.

“If you want me to put the knife down, you’re going to have to shoot me,” a worker stated that Richard’s said.