'No, you get on the ground': Suspect tells officer before Fort Worth shooting

Police have released bodycam footage and 911 call recordings from a Jan. 15 officer-involved shooting in Fort Worth.

The backstory:

A Fort Worth police officer responded to multiple 911 calls from an apartment complex in the 8500 block of John T. White Road shortly before noon.

The first caller told dispatchers someone was trying to kill him. He repeatedly said he feared for his life and pleaded for police to come to his apartment.

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The second caller reported an armed man standing outside the complex’s leasing office, pointing a gun at a resident.

The suspect was identified as 42-year-old Deron Morris.

Bodycam footage

Bodycam footage shows an officer locating Morris in the front parking lot near the leasing office. Morris pulled out a handgun but immediately placed it back into his pocket.

The officer pointed her gun at Morris and issued commands for him to comply, repeatedly telling him to "get on the ground." Morris refused and responded, "No, you get on the ground."

The officer said multiple times throughout the video, "Don't make me shoot you."

Morris then walked past the officer toward bystanders sitting in a car outside the apartment building. He stopped, placed his hand in his waistband, where the gun was located, and turned back toward the officer.

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The officer fired multiple shots at Morris but did not hit him.

Morris fled as other officers arrived at the scene. He dropped his handgun while running and eventually barricaded himself inside his apartment. After a 40-minute standoff, Morris was taken into custody. Police recovered two guns from the scene.

No injuries were reported.

What we know:

Morris remains in the Tarrant County Jail on a $100,000 bond. 

He is charged with five counts of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon and one count of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon against a peace officer.

The Source: Information in this article comes from Fort Worth police during a press conference held to address multiple officer-involved shootings in Tarrant County.

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