On Tuesday night, a sound supervisor for the reality TV show Cops was shot dead by Omaha, Nebraska, police officers, Omaha Police Chief Todd Schmaderer said Wednesday. Bryce Dion, 38, and another Cops crew member were riding along with two officers to film a police intervention in a reported robbery at a Wendy's. When the officers opened fire at the suspect, Dion was caught in the cross-fire and a bullet hit him through an opening in his protective vest.
Schmaderer said inferences that the officers were acting macho for the camera are "absolutely ridiculous," and said his men appeared to have acted professionally and followed police protocol. All three are on paid administrative leave while the incident is reviewed. The slain suspect, Cortez Washington, 32, had fired what appeared to be a handgun at the officers first, witnesses in the restaurant say; after Washington was dead, the police discovered he was carrying a pellet gun.
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