A year-old case in Miami Beach, Florida, has resurfaced with the recent release of intense police body camera footage.
The video captured the fatal shooting of an escaped convict, Darien Young, by an officer as Young held a girl and a store employee hostage at knifepoint inside a Victoria's Secret store.
The incident unfolded on July 27, 2023, at the Lincoln Road store. Young, 29, had previously escaped from the New Hampshire Department of Corrections, where he was serving time as a minimum-security resident.
In the released footage, officers are seen arriving as Young had the girl and employee in chokeholds, with a knife held at their throats. "Holster it!" Young shouted at the officers, resisting their attempts to get him to drop the knife. "Back up!"
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The officers attempted to reason with Young, reassuring him that his life was not over and urging him to release the hostages. "Just put the knife down, and we'll talk," one officer can be heard saying. The tense situation escalated as Young threatened the lives of the hostages.
As the officers maintained a perimeter around Young, the scenario turned critical. Despite the officers' efforts to defuse the situation and negotiate.
Ultimately, Officer Corey Jackson made his move, firing a single shot that struck Young in the head. Young fell to the ground, and officers swiftly assisted the hostages to safety.
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The aftermath captured on Jackson's body camera revealed the emotional toll the encounter took on him as he left the store. Fellow officers comforted him, urging him to breathe and get fresh air.
Following the shooting, Young was transported to a local hospital but was pronounced dead.
The tactical knife he had brandished was recovered at the scene.
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Nice shot. Pretty traumatic for the officer but he did what needed to be done. (And, he saved the city tons of money).
Great shot officer, God bless you. You saved their lives.
Well Done , Officer .
God Bless and Protect You Officer Jackson and all the men in Blue!
Nice shootin Jackson. You will be just fine.
Thousands of soldiers faced the same choices in every War or action every day….Get over it wooss..
Not true. I have been a soldier and I have been a cop. Soldiers spend one year tops on deployment in a specific place typically. Cops do a career in the same place. Soldiers engage the enemy and then move on from it immediately. Cops shoot a suspect and they have to write reports, process evidence, testify in court, face the public, the suspects’s family, the media, and people like you. This incident will not be over for that cop for a long time. That cop will ride by that place for the rest of his life and remember what happened there. A soldier will most likely never see that place again. The whole world will see this video of him shooting this guy. Is it similar, sure, but it is not the same. Not by a long shot.
This comment is by a troll; a brain-dead troll.
Sadly his criminal career was ended by a dead eye shot from a police officer.
That’s some Dirty Harry s**t right there!
Excellent work Officer!
Wish we had more officers like this. Dirty Harry is fiction. The fact that he was affected by his shot is testament to the need for good guys out there.
Traumatic for the young ladies. Ballsy move by the cop. Hope he’s not reprimanded although the perp didn’t appear to be black. And there will be no repeat offenses by that guy!
It’s hard to sufficiently condemn a criminal like this, who thinks he can capture and terrorize these two girls as part of his escape plan. He had many choices before getting to this place, and he chose wrongly every time. Without question he was a stupid and immoral man. Sometimes enough bad choices get you killed. How many opportunities did he have to turn this around? A lot. How many more like him are there?
The officer acted coolly and effectively. He ended the danger. And he’ll likely suffer, because he killed someone, killing a man evokes remorse.
Those not acquainted with shooting a pistol probably don’t understand how vulnerable the criminal was here, his head was a wide open target for an accomplished pistol shooter, and the shot posed no danger to the hostages. The police exercised a good deal of restraint and patience, but they couldn’t allow this situation to continue forever. The hostages deserve full consideration above the criminal.
When something like this ends with injuries only to the criminal, we all win. Thanks to the officer for gritting up and doing what had to be done.
Gun, knife, outcomes.
I am sorry that someone died in this incident, but it was necessary to protect the innocent. I hope that the 2 ladies who were hostages and the policeman who eliminated the threat can recover from the trauma.
Too long winded, but it turned out alright.