Clayton County police have shared video footage from a shooting that left one of the department’s officers seriously injured last week.
The video, which is censored but may still be disturbing to some viewers, shows Officer Demika Lloyd as she responds to the home of 25-year-old Aiyanah Pryor on July 27.
Dispatchers had received multiple calls that evening about a suicidal person at the Newbury Drive address.
At the start of Lloyd’s body camera footage, she is seen having a brief conversation with Pryor’s mother as she walked through the home. She then encounters Pryor and asks her what is wrong.
“I can’t help you if you I don’t know what’s going on,” Lloyd says to Pryor.
As the perspective of the video shifts, Lloyd says, “hold on, hold on” after noticing the gun in Pryor’s right hand. The video shows Lloyd lunge at Pryor, a tussle ensues, and Pryor fires the gun multiple times, striking Lloyd.
Lloyd remained on the ground, shot, while Pryor got off the ground — gun still in hand — and walked away from the scene, body camera video shows.
According to police officials, Pryor’s family did not attempt to provide aid or any life-saving measures to Lloyd.
Police said 25-year-old Pryor jumped into her Jeep and drove to southwest Atlanta, where she was confronted by Atlanta police officers, who exchanged gunshots with her.
“As the officer approached, the suspect fired at least one shot at the officer. Our officers returned fire, striking the female... multiple times,” deputy police chief Charles Hampton Jr. said last week.
Both Lloyd and Pryor are still in the hospital as of Monday.
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