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Crash into pole reported at Castle Avenue and East Main Street in Mount Orab

Crash into pole reported at Castle Avenue and East Main Street in Mount Orab
LEADING THE WAY. >> A MAN SHOT IN THE HEAD BY WYOMING POLICE HAS DIED. HE WAS ON LIFE SUPPORT LAST NIGHT. THANKS FOR JOINING US AT 5:00. SHEREE: TODAY WE ARE LEARNING MUCH MORE ABOUT THE CALL THAT INITIATED THAT POLICE RESPONSE. THE WLWT’S NEWS 5 IS LIVE NOW WITH THE DETAILS THAT COULD EXPLAIN WHY FRAZIER RAN FROM OFFICERS. >> NOTHING BUT WILL EXPLAIN WHAT HAPPENED EXACTLY LIKE THAT BODYCAM VIDEO OF THE OFFICERS THAT COULD BE RELEASED ON FRIDAY. BUT THERE IS NEW INFORMATION THAT WILL HELP ADD SOME CONTEXT TO BOTH THE ACTIONS OF THE OFFICERS AND OF FRAZIER. >> PLEASE, HELP ME. >> THEY DELIVERED THEIR MESSAGE AND LOUDSPEAKER LANGUAGE. >> DID YOU MURDER MY BROTHER! >> FAMILY, FRIENDS AND SUPPORTERS OUTSIDE THE POLICE DEPARTMENT RAISING THEIR VOICES IN QUESTION. >> WE NEED TO SEE THE VIDEO. WE NEED TO SEE EVERYTHING. >> THEY WANT POLICE TO RELEASE THE BODYCAM FROM THE OFFICERS. >> THAT VIDEOTAPE IS SO IMPORTANT SO I KNOW IN MY HEART IF MY BROTHER WAS RIGHT AND WRONG. IF THEY WERE WRONG, THE CITY NEEDS TO PAY. >> NEW INFORMATION ABOUT HOW THE INCIDENT BEGAN WITH THIS CALL TO POLICE AND THE NEARBY APARTMENT. >> IT’S SUPPOSED TO BE VACANT BUT I’M SEEING PEOPLE WALKING AROUND IT AND DOING SUSPICIOUS THINGS AT A LATE HOUR THAT MAYBE SOMEONE SHOULD COME OUT AND CHECK IT OUT. >> THERE WAS NO BURGLARY. JOE FRAZIER JUNIOR AND FAMILY MEMBERS WERE THERE TO CLEAR OUT THE APARTMENT RENTED BY HIS GRANDMOTHER, WHO DIED RECENTLY. BUT WHEN OFFICERS ARRIVED, FRAZIER AND HIS FATHER TOOK OFF. FRAZIER GOT INTO A VAN, POLICE INTEND IT WAS USED AS A WEAPON. >> THE OFFICERS FIRED FOUR SHOTS. >> NOW, SOME POSSIBLE CONTEXT AS TO WHY FRAZIER DIDN’T WANT AN ENCOUNTER WITH POLICE. DECEMBER 21, COMING TO POLICE ATTEMPTED TO STOP FRAZIER AS THEY WERE ALERTED HIS VEHICLE COULD BE IN THE AREA AND THAT HE HAD WARRANTS. CRUISERS CUT TO CHASE AT 275 AS HE HIT SPEEDS OF 100 MILES AN HOUR. FOR FRAZIER’S FAMILY. >> MY BROTHER WAS STOLEN FROM ME. >> NONE OF IT CHANGES WHAT HAPPENED EARLY MONDAY MORNING IN THEIR EFFORT TO SEE A BODY CAMERA OF THE POLICE THAT WERE THERE. FRAZIER’S FAMILY TELLS US THAT HIS ORGANS WERE DONATED AND THAT HIS THIRD CHILD WAS BORN JUST HOURS BEFORE HE DIED. REPORTING LIVE, WLWT NEWS 5. SHEREE: EXPLAIN TO EVERYONE HOW DID POLICE KNOW TO BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR FRAZIER BACK IN DECEMBER? >> POLICE SAY HE WAS AT THE TURFWAY AND THAT HE USED AN ID THAT TRIGGERED SOME SORT OF AN ALERT. THAT ONE OUT TO POLICE AROUND THE REGION, COVINGTON POLICE WERE THE FIRST TO SPOT HIM. THAT ALERT WAS TIED TO A WARRANT OUT OF DEARBORN COUNTY THAT WAS ON A BATTERY CASE. SHEREE: BRIAN HAMRICK REPORTING THEM FOR US. THANK YOU FOR THE UPDATE. ASHLEY: QUITE THE LIGHT SHOW IN THE SKY LAST NIGHT, THE ILLUMINATION FROM A FIRE OF AN ELECTRICAL SUBSTATION EAST OF THE CITY COULD BE SEEN ACROSS TOWN IN THE CAUSE IS AN ALARMING BUT RAISES QUESTIONS ABOUT SAFEGUARDING THE GRID. JOHN LONDON IS LIVE IN ANDERSON TOWNSHIP WHERE IT ALL HAPPENED. >> WE ARE JUST OFF BERKELEY ROAD, WHICH IS JUST OFF BEACH RON AVENUE. HYMIE IS THE SOURCE OF THE FLASHES OF LIGHT FROM LAST NIGHT. SOME TYPE OF ANIMAL GOT ONTO THIS POWER GRID, NOT THE HUMAN VARIETY, BUT DUKE ENERGY SAYS IT MONITORS CLOSELY FOR THAT POSSIBILITY. IN THE NIGHT SKY OF MIDWINTER, YOU COULD SEE IT FOR MILES, AND ALMOST AS FURIOUS AS THE LIGHT FLASHES WERE THE VIDEOS BEING SENT TO OUR NEWSROOM. PEOPLE NOT QUITE KNOWING WHAT THEY WERE SEEING. >> DAY THERE, YOU ARE FINE. JOHN: HERE’S HOW IT LOOKS FROM THE CAMERA. UP CLOSE, THE FEELING WAS MORE CALAMITY THAN CURIOSITY. >> I THINK WE SHOULD PROBABLY GO AWAY. JOHN: SOME TYPE OF ANIMAL HAD SHORT-CIRCUITED AN ELECTRICAL SUBSTATION AT BEECHMONT LEVEE BERKELEY AND ANDERSON TOWNSHIP. IN OCCURRENCE THAT’S MORE COMMON THAN MOST OF US REALIZE. >> WITH THIS ONE I PERSONALLY COULDN’T TELL EXACTLY WHAT IT WAS. IT WASN’T BIG. I WOULD SAY MORE THAN LIKELY A SQUIRREL. READING SOME OF THE COMMENTS I SAW ON SOCIAL MEDIA IT SOUNDED LIKE THE NEIGHBORHOOD IN THAT AREA IS PREVALENT WITH A LOT OF SQUIRREL ACTIVITY. JOHN: DUKE ENERGY CRUZ FIXED SQUIRREL LINES TO TRY TO PREVENT SQUIRRELS, SNAKES, RACCOONS AND OTHER ANIMALS FROM DROPPING ON ANY OF THE 300 SUBSTATIONS IN THE AREA BUT THEY ACKNOWLEDGE THERE’S NO FOOLPROOF WAY TO KEEP IT FROM HAPPENING. AND BECAUSE IT WAS NIGHTTIME, A MYSTERIOUS FASCINATION WAS IN THE AIR. >> STAY RIGHT THERE, DON’T COME OUT. JOHN: THERE WERE A LOT OF EYES ON THIS LAST NIGHT BECAUSE DUKE MONITORS THE GRID AROUND THE CLOCK AS A HEDGE AGAINST ANY TWO-LEGGED THREAT, SUCH AS THE GUNFIRE IN NORTH CAROLINA TWO MONTHS AGO THAT CUT POWER TO THOUSANDS. SO THERE IS A SENSE OF RELIEF THAT THE BLAME FALLS ON NATURE THIS TIME AND NOT SOMETHING MORNING FARIAS. >> PRETTY SPECTACULAR VIDEO. I HAVE TO AGREE WITH EVERYONE SHARING IT LAST NIGHT. JOHN: DUKE ENERGY SHARED THAT DUKE IS EXAMINING WAYS TO MORE EFFECTIVELY SECURE THE HUNDREDS OF SUBSTATIONS IN THE AREA, AND WE WILL HAVE MORE ABOUT THAT AND WHAT DUKE IS DOING TONIGHT AT
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Crash into pole reported at Castle Avenue and East Main Street in Mount Orab
Crash into pole reported at Castle Avenue and East Main Street in Mount Orab. For live traffic updates, click here. Click the video player above to watch other evening headlines from WLWT News 5 This story was curated by Hearst's WLWT Alert Desk. Do you have photos or video of this incident? If so, upload them to https://www.wlwt.com/upload. Be sure to include your name and any additional details so we can give you proper credit online and on TV.

Crash into pole reported at Castle Avenue and East Main Street in Mount Orab.

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