Moment mother-of-three Jamie Feith is shot dead in her own home by US police after she pulled a knife out during domestic abuse call-out
Police in upstate New York fatally shot a woman dead inside of her home after she pulled a knife on them in April 2022, newly released video shows.
The incident occurred in the town of Hyde Park, around 90 miles north of New York City, and involved officers from the town’s police force as well as state police.
The officers were responding to a domestic dispute call at the home that Jamie Feith, 34, shared with her partner and their three children. The shocking video begins with an officer escorting Feith, who has marks on her face, out of a room in the house.
The video shows Miller’s body camera while Kemlage is the officer leading her out of the room. The officers seem to have ended the dispute prior to Feith producing the knife.
When the officers tackle Feith, she eventually manages to wrangle free. At that point, a stun gun is deployed which does not subdue her. A voice can be heard saying: ‘Shoot her,’ Kemlage then fires twice.
‘Don’t f*****g shoot her,’ Feith’s partner says, two more shots are then heard. He then says: ‘No. No. No. No. What the f***?’ The entire struggle and shooting took place over a period of 20 seconds. Feith was shot in the chest.
When one of the officers removes the knife from the woman’s hand, her partner says: ‘Get off of her. Get off of her.’ He then pleads for the officers not to kill him.
She was pronounced dead at the scene. Feith’s family has yet to comment on the video.
New Hyde Town Supervisor Al Torreggiani told the Poughkeepsie Journal that officers began wearing body cameras in March 2022, a month before the shooting.
Torreggiani said that he felt as the Kemlage would be cleared of any wrongdoing because Feith had a knife.
‘It’s tragic no matter what, and the officers have to come to grips with it. It’s not an easy thing to pull that trigger and take a life,’ Torreggiani told the newspaper.