Officer's near-fatal shooting caught on eyeglasses-cam
HAMPTON, S.C. (FOX 13) - The terrifying sudden shooting of a South Carolina police officer back in 2016 was recorded by a camera in his own eyeglasses. This week, that footage helped convict the man who tried to kill him.
It was back on New Year’s Day in 2016 when Estill Police Officer Quincy Smith responded to a call about a man trying to snatch groceries from customers at a liquor store. When Smith spotted a man matching the suspect’s description, he ordered the man to stop.
But the video footage shows the man ignore the request and continue talking on a cell phone. When Smith told the man to take his other hand out of his pocket or be Tasered, the man pulled out a handgun...