Judge signs off on release of bodycam video in shooting death of Jason Walker by off-duty Cumberland deputy

Hawkins said the department was currently working to redact portions of the video, and it would be released as soon as possible, but it could be next week.

One witness, Elizabeth Ricks, said she was on the scene and watched the entire situation unfold. As a trauma nurse, she jumped into action and tried to save Walker's life.

"I did not see anyone in distress. The man was just walking home," said Ricks.

Civil rights attorney Ben Crump will address the media and hold a rally Thursday following a weekend shooting by an off-duty Cumberland County deputy that left one man dead.

Crump, who represented the families of George Floyd and Andrew Brown, is now representing Jason Walker's family. After the 8 p.m. news conference, he is expected to rally with Walker's family members and friends in Fayetteville.

Crump said, "The fact that a civilian was the only person that rendered aid to Jason as he took his last breath is horrifying," Crump wrote. "It is apparent by Ms. Ricks’ accounts that the off-duty officer who was involved in this incident, as well as the officers who responded to the incident, were self-interested and concerned about obscuring how the public would see this killing, rather than concerned for Jason in his final moments.”

Fayetteville Police Chief Gina Hawkins said the officer who responded to the scene did not immediately help because they allowed Ricks, a trained nurse, to continue to administer care. Roughly one minute later, EMS crews arrive on scene and take over rendering aid, she said.

There have also been conflicting statements about whether or not Hash struck Walker with his vehicle before shooting him or whether Walker jumped onto Hash's hood and began attacking the windshield.

A vehicle's “black box” captures information about what a driver is doing behind the wheel before any kind of impact. Investigators are using this technology to help reconstruct the moments Hash says Walker jumped onto his hood.

911 calls shed light on shooting involving off-duty deputy in Fayetteville

In cars, the "black box" is called an Event Data Recorder, or EDR. It captures about 5 seconds of pre-crash data, including speed, brake status and seatbelt status.

"Did they get on the brakes? Did they steer to the left or to the right?" said Steve Farlow, an accident reconstruction analyst.

Hash has said he was driving down the road when Walker "came flying across Bingham Drive, running."

"I stopped so I wouldn’t hit him, and he jumped on my car and started screaming, pulled my windshield wipers off and started beating my windshield and broke my windshield," said Hash.

Hash admitted to shooting and killing Walker afterwards, but said he was just trying to protect his family.

Hawkins said Hash's black box did not record any impact.

"That computer did not record any impact with any person or thing. We currently have no witnesses who claim that anyone was hit by this truck," she said.

However, that doesn't necessarily mean there was no impact.

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Farlow, a mechanical engineer with 31 years experience in accident reconstruction, says the impact of a pedestrian is often not severe enough to trigger the sensors on the black box.

"Odds of having a change of velocity due to that massive vehicle as it relates to person’s weight — somewhere around 150 or 200 pounds — it probably is not going to trigger an event that occurs," he said.

The video, which continues to get a lot of attention on social media, shows the aftermath of Hash's deadly confrontation with Walker.

Whitlock arrived just moments after the fatal shots rang out.

"I did not see the shooting, but I did see the shooter standing over the body and put his pistol on his hip," he said.

He said he was surprised that Hash wasn't doing more to help the man he had just shot.

He was also surprised to hear Hash describe to the 911 dispatcher that the situation was getting hostile.

"You hear sirens coming up, and he described the situation as hostile. Me – being a Black man in America – I'm already perceived as a threat, and this man has just shot someone. It was very offensive," he said.

Whitlock, whose own son was shot to death in March of last year, said he felt strong empathy when Walker's father arrived.

"And then they asked Mr. Walker was that his family and he said, 'Yes, that's my boy there,'" he said. "It took me back. That was the exact same words in the situation where I found my son dead, too."

Whitlock recalls finding his son, 19-year-old Cede'drion Whitlock, behind his neighbor's house on Blockade Runner Drive – 12 hours after he'd been murdered.

He says the incident he witnessed on Bingham Drive has forever linked him with Walker's father and family.

"We both lost our sons to gun violence," he said. "And we both were there to see our son's dead bodies."

He says he'll be checking back in with Walker's father to make sure he's alright.