He Demanded His Car: The Fatal Standoff Caught on Camera

Reconstructed timeline

Times from synchronized camera clocks and dispatch records.

1. 3:07 PM

   Trespass warning at Everybody Fitness gym

   Two days before the shooting, a Miami Township officer responds to a complaint that Subject was acting erratically at Everybody Fitness gym and formally trespasses him from the business; he leaves without incident. This ties to the shooting because the first officer on scene Feb 19 told Sgt.…

2. 12:00 AM

   Prior domestic-violence response at the family home (context, night before)

   Family later told Officer Spencer that police had been to the home 'two nights before' and Jayden 'went to jail for domestic violence,' released the following day; it is unknown whether a protection order was in place. Report-only/attributed hearsay. Ingested footage includes officer BWC/cruiser…

3. 2:04 PM

   911 call begins

   Christina Schindler (Subject's mother) calls 911 reporting her son pulled a knife and is threatening family; reported/entered on the Call Detail Report at 1404 hours, labeled 'Family Problem.' She reports he broke a vase, is holding a pocketknife, said 'Get my car, or else,' and is in a…

4. 2:06 PM

   First units dispatched

   Officer Spencer (with his field-training officer) and a second unit are dispatched at 1406 hours; another unit responds at 1409; Officer Rankins (call sign MT78) responds at 1411. Multiple officers arrive between 1410 and 1414. An officer broadcasts en route that a less-lethal shotgun is available.

5. 2:10 PM

   First officer arrives, sees Subject through door

   The first officer on scene (BWC2091957 wearer, 'Officer 1') approaches at ~1410 as the mother, grandmother (Terry Bennett), and sister are exiting; confirms Subject is alone inside, has no guns but a pocketknife, looks through the front-door glass, and broadcasts that Subject is standing inside…

6. 2:12 PM

   Additional officers arrive; monitoring through the door

   Our own OCR-clocked doorbell clip opens on an officer outside the front door keeping eyes on Subject inside while more officers arrive on the porch with equipment, discussing tactical options.

7. 2:13 PM

   Front door opened; knife visible

   The first officer opens the front door (approx. frame 33231). Subject is seen sitting on a stool in the family room with an object, presumably the knife, in his right hand. At ~1414 an officer requests a medic stage nearby.

8. 2:15 PM

   Officers negotiate at the door - repeated commands to drop the knife

   Own OCR-clocked doorbell clip captures officers on the porch facing Subject off-frame, telling him 'we'll get your car,' asking him not to hurt himself or his parents, and repeatedly to drop the knife. Per the BCI video review, officers gave at least 22 commands to drop the knife during this…

9. 2:18 PM

   Subject flees toward stairs; first less-lethal and Taser rounds fired

   Subject stands (approx. frame 42482) and walks toward the stairs; an officer says 'Don't do it,' but he continues. Officer 1 deploys the less-lethal (beanbag) shotgun - first round appears to strike his left leg (frame 42537), a second at frame 42565, a third at frame 42602 - and a Taser is…

10. 2:19 PM

    Bedroom door kicked in; Taser and beanbag rounds; Subject advances

    Officer 1 kicks the bedroom door open (approx. frame 44179, ~1419). A Taser is deployed with a visible incapacitating effect (TASER log 14:19:19 and 14:19:26; a 14:19:27 pull rejected by an agency hard-shutdown setting), and two more beanbag rounds are fired into the bathroom where Subject is on…

11. 2:19 PM

    Officers fire; 'shots fired' broadcast

    As Subject advances with the knife, two officers - the BWC2091957 wearer (Officer 1) and the BWC2108293 wearer (Officer 2) - fire their duty pistols. 'Shots fired' is entered on the Call Detail Report at 1419 hours; dispatch broadcasts the countywide '99' officer-needs-assistance signal (the…

12. 2:19 PM

    Bystanders react outside as word of the shooting spreads

    Own OCR-clocked doorbell clip catches distant shouting and a bystander asking 'Is it lethal or non-lethal?' and crying out, moments after the shots.

13. 2:20 PM

    Officers render aid

    Officers handcuff Subject, who is making snoring/aspirating sounds, then apply direct pressure to his upper-body wounds with a towel (approx. frame 47140, ~1420); an officer moves him toward a recovery position. Blood visible on the carpet - GRAPHIC. Captured first-hand on Officer 1's, Officer…

14. 2:22 PM

    CPR begins

    Officer Rankins starts chest compressions (~1422, approx. frame 49988/59903); officers rotate compressions until medics enter the room at ~1427 and take over.

15. 2:30 PM

    Subject pronounced deceased

    Medics pronounce Subject deceased - 1430 hours per the BCI video-review report (stated verbally and on a video timestamp); the Miami Valley Fire District EMS run report reviewed by BCI reflects 1431 hours. The one-minute discrepancy between the two document-stated times is unresolved.

16. 7:06 PM

    Evening: perimeter, next-of-kin notification, evidence van

    Hours later, Officer 2's cruiser dash-cam (Car-1) shows her driving from the department to the scene and parking behind a red Ford F-150 pickup blocking the road. A crime-scene perimeter and tape are established; starting ~1940 an officer in a 'POLICE' jacket embraces and consoles arriving family…

17. 12:00 AM

    Firearms lab report confirms two officers' pistols fired

    BCI's firearms lab report (Lab Case 25-15576, issued April 23, 2025; forensic scientist Lauren Van Dyne, reviewed by SA Seitzman) identifies two of three submitted duty pistols as the source of recovered cartridge cases and projectiles: one pistol matched to 4 fired rounds (1 scene projectile, 1…