{"id":64610,"date":"2025-08-07T08:00:06","date_gmt":"2025-08-07T08:00:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/64610\/"},"modified":"2025-08-07T08:00:06","modified_gmt":"2025-08-07T08:00:06","slug":"body-cam-video-shows-jabari-peoples-had-a-gun-fought-police-da-says-a-good-kid-made-a-terrible-decision","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/64610\/","title":{"rendered":"Body cam video shows Jabari Peoples had a gun, fought police, DA says: \u2018A good kid made a terrible decision\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

Body camera footage shows that an Alabama teen fatally shot by a Homewood police officer<\/a> in June was armed with a gun when he was killed, the Jefferson County District Attorney said Wednesday.<\/p>\n

D.A. Danny Carr said he has ruled the shooting death of 18-year-old Jabari Peoples justified. No charges will be filed and the case will not be sent to a grand jury, Carr said.<\/p>\n

Carr announced his decision immediately after meeting with Peoples\u2019 family at 2 p.m. Wednesday. <\/p>\n

The family was shown the law enforcement footage<\/a> of the fatal June 23 shooting in Homewood Soccer Park. <\/p>\n

The family addressed the ruling<\/a> in a press conference this afternoon with civil rights attorney Ben Crump.<\/p>\n

Crump said they were shown a \u201cshort clip of an ALEA edited video\u201d of the shooting. \u201cWe want full transparency,\u201d Crump said.<\/p>\n

The video shown the family was about four minutes long, with about a minute of it capturing the interaction between Peoples and the officers, Crump said.<\/p>\n

Crump said the video they saw showed that Peoples was shot in the back while running away and that he never pointed anything at an officer.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere was more to this interaction than what was provided,\u201d Crump said. \u201cThis is not an open and shut case.\u201d<\/p>\n

Carr said the footage matched the series of events described by Homewood police immediately following the shooting. <\/p>\n

\u201cI think a good kid made a terrible decision that cost him his life,\u201d Carr today told AL.com.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s sad for everyone involved but the facts and the law dictated the decision that was made, not emotions,\u201d Carr said.<\/p>\n

\".\"The family of Jabari Peoples in Birmingham on Aug. 6, 2025.Carol Robinson<\/p>\n

The Alabama Law Enforcement Agency led the investigation, which is standard for many officer-involved shootings \u2013 and turned over the results, as well as the footage, to Carr on Friday. <\/p>\n

ALEA refused to release the footage publicly, saying it would harm the investigation. <\/p>\n

Carr and Homewood police told AL.com they will not be releasing the footage to the public. Crump, however, said he believed Homewood would release the video because the investigation is complete. <\/p>\n

\u201cRelease all the video,\u201d Crump said.<\/p>\n

Carr declined to discuss his reasons for not releasing the video.<\/p>\n

Peoples\u2019 family and attorneys have claimed that the college student was not armed, did not resist, and did not deserve to die.<\/p>\n

The shooting and refusal by ALEA to release the footage has sparked a series of protests by Black Lives Matter<\/a> and other community activists, including some which led to arrests.<\/p>\n

Carr said the video shows the officer pulling into the park. <\/p>\n

The district attorney said it is his understanding there had been reports of possible criminal activity taking place in the city\u2019s parks.<\/p>\n

\u201cJabari Peoples was on the driver\u2019s side and a young lady was on the passenger\u2019s side,\u201d Carr said. <\/p>\n

The officer approached the vehicle and told them to roll down the window. The officer\u2019s name has not been released but officials have confirmed he is a Black man.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe could smell marijuana,\u201d Carr said. <\/p>\n

\u201cHe asked if there was marijuana in the car and the young lady said yes and gave him a jar that contained marijuana.\u201d<\/p>\n

The officer then got them to get out of the car. <\/p>\n

\u201cWhen Jabari opened his door, (the officer) could see a weapon in there,\u201d Carr said. <\/p>\n

\u201cHe moved Jabari back for officer safety and was going to put the cuffs on him, and then Jabari started to struggle with him.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cA struggle ensued, and they fell to the ground,\u201d the district attorney said. \u201cHe was on top of the officer.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cAt some point, he broke away and ran back toward the car,\u201d Carr said. <\/p>\n

\u201cHe reached into the driver\u2019s side, grabbed a gun and the officer shot him.\u201d<\/p>\n

Peoples, who was holding the gun in his right hand, was shot one time in the lower left side of his back, Carr said. The officer fired only one shot, Carr added.<\/p>\n

Carr said as district attorney it has always been his promise to provide facts and truth to all families who lose a loved one in an officer-involved shooting.<\/p>\n

\u201cSometimes it may not end the way they want it to, but at least they\u2019re armed with the facts and truth,\u201d he said. \u201cIn this case we did just that.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI want to urge people to wait for the facts and the truth,\u201d Carr said, \u201cbefore you form an opinion.\u201d<\/p>\n

Crump said he does not accept the narrative that there was the type of struggle Carr described without seeing the unedited video. <\/p>\n

\u201cShow us every part of the video,\u201d Crump said. \u201cShow us everything.\u201d <\/p>\n

Peoples was a 2024 graduate of Aliceville High School where he was standout track athlete and football player.<\/p>\n

Peoples had just finished his freshman year at Alabama A&M where he was studying computer information and criminal justice with hopes of becoming a law enforcement officer, specifically a detective. <\/p>\n

He worked as a security guard at DCH Regional Medical Center in Tuscaloosa.<\/p>\n

This is a developing story and will be updated.<\/p>\n

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