Hamilton County officials not charging Wyoming officers in fatal shooting of Joe Frasure Jr.

The Hamilton County Prosecutor said Wyoming police officers who shot and killed Joe Frasure Jr. Monday will not be charged and acted in self-defense.

The names of the officers have still not been released. The Hamilton County Sheriff's Office, which investigated the shooting, said two officers had fired shots at Frasure Jr. A total of three Wyoming officers were at the scene.

Body camera footage released at the Friday press conference shows police approaching Frasure Jr. and his father in a small parking lot behind the Durrell Avenue apartment building just after 12:30 a.m. Frasure Jr. is in a minivan and his father is standing beside it. Officers approach the pair and tell them to stop and put their hands up.

Frasure's father appears to briefly put his hands up, then Frasure revs the van's engine as he reverses into a tree and then drives forward, tires screeching. The officers repeatedly shout commands to stop. The officers tell each other to get out of the way. As Frasure cuts through a grass area to head toward an exit, he's heading straight for two officers who fire at him.

Hamilton County Prosecutor Melissa Powers commended the officers and said she believes they saved their own lives with their actions.

Powers said the officers rendered aid to Frasure Jr. after he was shot and crashed into a building. Frasure died at the University of Cincinnati Medical Center on Tuesday. He was 28.

"Lethal force was appropriate," Powers said. The officers are currently on paid administrative leave.

Powers said Frasure Jr. was on probation in Indiana on a charge of felony battery and had an active warrant for violating his probation. She said he was also wanted in Kentucky for absconding while on parole for a drug charge.

Frasure's father was apprehended after fleeing on foot, Powers said. The investigation into his conduct is still ongoing.

How it started: Wyoming police were called early Monday morning

The situation began with a phone call placed just after 12:30 a.m. Monday to the Wyoming police non-emergency number. The call was automatically transferred to the Hamilton County 911 dispatch center.

Wyoming, a city of about 8,500 people located just north of Cincinnati, has 19 full-time police officers. The department is led by Chief Brooke Brady. Wyoming has a very low violent crime rate, averaging about three violent crimes a year, according to FBI data.

Brady said it's been decades since a Wyoming officer had shot a suspect.

What we know now:What we know about the fatal police shooting of Joe Frasure

There is no record of any fatal police shootings in Wyoming since at least 2015. A search of the Enquirer archives showed records of only three police shootings. In 1974, an officer wounded a suspect in a shootout after a robbery at King Kwik. In 1930, an officer returned fire after he was shot - that officer would die from his wounds. In 1912, another officer returned fire after being shot and also later died.

The 911 caller said he lived next to an apartment complex which he could see from his house. He said he saw two or three people in the building which was supposed to be vacant.

"I'm seeing people walking around it and doing maybe suspicious things at a late hour," he said. "Maybe someone could come check it out."

The dispatcher logged the run as two to three people "attempting to break into" a vacant residence.

Police had been to the building before and neighbors knew the residents

Neighbor Derrick Moore said he and other nearby residents have been concerned about the property for many months, but Moore said recently the city took some action and at least three of the four units were unoccupied.

Moore said the neighbors have spoken to the residents and knew that one of the apartments was being cleaned out after a woman died in early January. Enquirer media partner Fox19 reported that Frasure's family said this is why he was at the residence.

Police went to the apartment frequently. Between Oct. 10 and Jan. 11, police received at least 33 calls about situations at the property, according to records obtained by The Enquirer. Most were about domestic disturbances and disputes between residents. Frasure Jr. was not named in any of the complaints.

Powers said the City of Wyoming was allowing people into the building during the day to retrieve things but said no one should have been there at night.

The Enquirer has reached out to the lawyer representing the Frasure family. He had not returned a call at the time of this report.

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