Police Shooting Kills Crew Member Working for TV Show ‘Cops’

[*BlackFox]

The Omaha police chief said Wednesday that the fatal shooting of a crew member filming the television show “Cops” by one of his officers was an “unfortunate incident” and that it appeared that the three officers involved had acted professionally.

Police officers responded to a report of a robbery at a Wendy’s restaurant in Omaha on Tuesday night with two crew members from the reality television show riding in the back seat of their patrol car for a night of filming. After a standoff with a suspect inside the fast-food restaurant, both the robbery suspect and a sound supervisor for the show, Bryce Dion, were killed by police gunfire.

Officials said that Mr. Dion, 38, was accidentally shot when officers opened fire on the robbery suspect, who they believed had fired at them. The officers later found that the suspect, Cortez Washington, 32, had shot a pellet gun, not a real firearm, the Omaha police said.

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Were they black, lol....

Seriously though when gunfire is involved shit like this is bound to happen, nothing surprising.

[*BlackFox]

Maybe they should give out... Body armor for the show crew?

[BuDo]

I think that's about the ONLY reality TV show that is real and worth watching...I guess they're gonna have to re-assess their approach...Or just cancel...

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Were they black, lol....

Seriously though when gunfire is involved shit like this is bound to happen, nothing surprising.

True that. For the content of the show I'm surprised this hasn't happened earlier.

[ShaDeVi]

after something like this they might forced to cancel

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after something like this they might forced to cancel

I'd think there's some sort of release of liability that the camera crew signs. Who knows though