Jasper Police Department release bodycam footage from the officer involved shooting of Elvin Land
By: In the video, JPD highlights a timeline of events. Saying that at 5 a.m. officers went to 109 Parker Street to execute a signed "no-knock" warrant.
According to JPD, at 5:23 a.m. the door was breached and members of the SWAT made entry yelling "Jasper Police Department" as they made their way through the home before coming to a laocked bedroom door. According to JPD, once the bedroom door was breached, officers began taking fire from an unknown suspect inside the bedroom.
Two SWAT officers then returned fire, striking Land. Life-saving measures were reportedly issued, but Land was pronounced dead at the scene.
At one point during the video, you could hear an officer cry out that he was hit during the chaotic exchange.
That officer was taken by ambulance to Jasper Memorial Hospital to be treated for minor injuries.
According to JPD, they later discovered a large amount of narcotics and several firearms inside the home after further investigation.