Overland Park officer Mike Mosher justified in deadly shooting, DA says

Overland Park officer Mike Mosher justified in deadly shooting, DA says

Following an investigation into a May 3 officer-involved shooting that left two dead, Johnson County District Attorney Steve Howe said Thursday that his office found Overland Park Officer Mike Mosher to be justified in using deadly force against 38-year-old Phillip Carney.

NEW VIDEO SHOWS THEMOMENTS LEADING UP TOA SHOOTOUT -- THATKILLED OVERLAND PARKOFFICER MIKE MOSHER.THE JOHNSON COUNTYDISTRICT ATTORNEYRELEASED THE VIDEOTODAY -- SAYING IT WASKEY IN DETERMININGEXACTLY WHAT HAPPENED.WE DO WANT TO WARNYOU... SOME OF THE VIDEOIN THIS STORY MAY BEDISTURBING TO YOU.41 ACTION NEREPORTER NICK STARLINGBREAKS DOWN THOSEFINAL MOMENTS.-nats of both Mosher and Carneytalking-get in your car, noIN A NEARLY 2-MINUTEVIDEOSHOT BY OFFICER MIKEMOSHER'S PERSONAL CELLPHONEYOU SEE THE SUSPECTPHILLIP CARNEYCONFRONTING MOSHERFOR HIS SAFETY---MOSHERTELLS CARNEY TO GETBACK IN HIS CARBUTCARNEY REFUSESTHE CONVERSATIONHEATS UP AS MOSHERCALLS FOR BACKUP.-NAT OF CARNEY SAYING HEKNOWS HOW THE PD OPERATES-MOMENTS LATER YOU SEECARNEY'S RIGHT HANDMOVE BACK AND TAKE OUTA HANDGUNAnd we want to warn you --this part can be disturbing --as you will hear shots goingoff in this deadly exchangJohnson County District AttorneySteve HoweI think it's also a goodexample of in how a blinkan eye something that lookslike a normal situation can turninto a life and death situation.Overland Park Police Chief FrankDoncheThat happened, that quick andI think that one of the reasonsI was glad we were going toshow this, as hard as it is toshow is to let the public knowthis is what we deal with everyday and things can go badquickly.IT'S VIDEO OVERLANDPARK POLICE CHIEF FRANKDONCHEZ SAYS SHOWSHOW TOUGH THE JOB IS.Overland Park Police Chief FrankDoncheIt's difficult for us to watchaspolice officers to watch this.

Imean, Mike was doingeverything right, everything bythe book, I mean you heard ihe was professional, he wascourteous, he was calm.MOSHER WAS ON HIS WAYTO WORK THATDAY...STOPPING A HIT ARUN SUSPECTOverland Park Police Chief FrankDonchezMike was the example of themajority, the vast majority oflaw enforcement officers inthis country that do it right.D-A STEVE HOWE SAYSBECAUSE OF THE FACTSAND THIS VIDEO-THE USEOF DEADLY FORCE WASJUSTIFIEMOSHER LEAVES BEHINDHIS WIFE CORRINE ANDDAUGHTER TYLER.IT'S THE LAST MOMENTSOF OFFICER MOSHER'SLIFE-DYING WHILE PROTECTINGTHIS CITY.Overland Park Police Chief FrankDonchezWe all want to go home at theend of the day, unfortunaltyMike didn't get to go home.REPORTING IN OVERLANDPARKNICK STARLING41 ACTION NEWS