GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. -- The Grand Rapids Police Department says they will not release the video of the officer involved shooting that happened on Thursday afternoon.
The department says they made the decision citing family concerns for privacy.
"My commitment has been to transparency in officer-involved shootings since day one," GRPD Chief Eric Winstrom said. "In this case, we must also take into account the privacy of the individual, who is expected to recover from his injuries, and his family. We must balance the community's right to know with the family's expressed desire, in the media and to MSP investigators, for privacy and healing. We are hopeful that this will contribute to this person getting the care he needs."
On Thursday, police were called to a home on Broadway Avenue for a domestic incident involving a man with a knife. Four officers arrived on scene and were able to get the man to leave the house. The man charged at the officers and two officers deployed their tasers. The tasers did not work and two officers fired shots at the man.
The man remains in serious condition at the hospital.