Shaun Lucas’ bodycam footage released by Hunt County in Price Shooting

Bodycam footage of Jonathan Price being fatally shot by Shaun Lucas in Oct. of 2020 has been released by Hunt County. The former Wolfe City police officer was acquitted of murder charges last Thursday.

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After review of the footage, the Texas Rangers deemed his use-of-force response “not objectively reasonable”. Lee Merritt the attorney representing the Price family who is suing the city of Wolfe City and Lucas civilly had this to say, “Unfortunately, the result that we saw from that jury simply doesn’t match what we see in the video.” Merritt has requested that the U.S. Department of Justice review the shooting to see if any federal charges should be brought against Lucas.

Per Merritt, no resident from Wolfe City – where Price was a well-known and respected football star was selected for the jury.  He also said that all members of the jury members were white.

On Oct. 3, 2020, Lucas responded to a reported fight at a gas station in town. According to the video, this was the exchange between Lucas and Price.

When he arrived, he approached Price, who was wearing a green shirt. Price shook his hand and greeted Lucas.

“You doing good?” Price asked.

“Stay right there, you understand me?” Lucas replied.

“You do this?” Lucas asked about some broken glass on the ground

“I didn’t do this, but he tried to wrap me up and sh*t,” Price said.

Lucas then tried to detain Price.

“I can’t be detained right now,” Price said.

Price then begins to walk away from Lucas. Lucas pulls his taser and deployed it when Price didn’t comply. The taser hit Price in the back. He began to struggle but eventually fell to the ground. Lucas told Price to get on the ground while approaching him. Price manages to get to his feet and starts moving slowly toward Lucas. Lucas then gave Price several commands to get on the ground. Price raised his right hand and Lucas opened fire with his service weapon, striking Price four times.

During the trial, Lucas’ attorney Robert Rogers argued that their client opened fire because Price was trying to grab the taser. Merritt says Price was only trying to extend his hand toward Lucas.

eExtraNews has extracted a clip of the video which is 17 minutes long. The video below shows what happened up to the point where Lucas raises his gun.