LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- Body camera video released Wednesday shows Louisville Metro Police Officer Brandon Haley as he was shot in the Chickasaw neighborhood two weeks ago.

Haley was shot in the abdomen and critically wounded Sept. 7 at 38th and West Kentucky streets. LMPD said Haley was attempting to catch up to a car that didn't have lights on. He got out of his car and radioed back that two subjects were running from the scene. As he ran toward their car, the body camera footage shows Haley stumble to the ground as more than 15 shots ring out.

The shots came from a nearby house, LMPD Deputy Chief Paul Humphrey said in a news conference Wednesday.

Haley was immediately hit. He tried to get up while still being shot at but fell again. After a few moments, the video shows him get up, cross the street and fall into a yard.

"I'm hit! I'm hit! I'm hit! I'm hit! Shots fired!" Haley cried out as he crossed the street.

Part of video was redacted by police prior to its release for sensitivity reasons and to protect the integrity of the investigation, Humphrey said.

The other officer on the scene with Haley was Officer Colin Billotto. He caught up to Haley in a yard and checked on him as more shots rang out. Billotto returned fire while trying to get Haley to safety.

"You can see the chaos at that scene and how proud we are of their actions that night," Humphrey said.

Billotto pulled Haley further away and continued returning fire. He dragged Haley almost an entire block while on his knees before he and other responding officers began treating Haley's wound. 

They eventually got Haley into a police cruiser, and he was taken to UofL Hospital.

According to the Louisville Metro Police Foundation, Haley underwent two surgeries. Haley's family said he has been taken off a ventilator. While he still has a long road to recovery ahead of him, they said his prognosis is positive.

LMPD Chief Jacqueline Gwinn-Villaroel said Wednesday that Haley is no longer in critical condition and is improving. Billotto was uninjured but remains on administrative leave, she said.

"We are incredibly grateful that (Haley) wasn't killed that night," Gwinn-Villaroel said. 

Five people — Dominique Thompson, Jemond Groves, Quantez Porter, Jacquan Ransom and Demarco Coney Jr. — have been arrested in connection Haley's shooting, but none of them have been charged with pulling the trigger. 

After the shooting, police were involved in a standoff at the house that continued for several hours.

According to court documents, police eventually executed a search warrant at the home. Police allegedly found suspected heroin, crystal methamphetamine, a white powdery substance suspected to be fentanyl or cocaine, ecstasy, Xanax and assorted drug paraphernalia. Additionally, police said they found nine firearms, including four handguns and five rifles, two of which were stolen.

As the LMPD SWAT team was on the scene attempting to get the people inside to surrender, Thompson allegedly came out of the house several times. But instead of coming out with his hands up and surrendering peacefully, he grabbed several items from the porch and took them inside, "tampering with an active crime scene," according to police.

LMPD Officer Brandon Haley

Louisville Metro Police Officer Brandon Haley (Photo courtesy of LMPD)

He was eventually arrested and charged with two counts of trafficking in a controlled substance, possession of a handgun by a convicted felon, resisting arrest, receipt of stolen property and tampering with physical evidence.

According to court documents, Thompson has several previous convictions, and was currently facing multiple felony charges already, but had been granted home incarceration on July 24.

Police said Porter and Ransom were also inside the home. They are both charged with trafficking in a controlled substance, receipt of stolen property and resisting arrest. Ransom is charged with possession of a handgun by a convicted felon.

Groves was arrested at a nearby home. According to court documents, people inside that home told officers that Groves was hiding under a vehicle in their back yard. Police said that in order to get into the back yard, Groves had to jump a fence, and residents told investigators he did not have permission to be there.

Officers located Groves and placed him under arrest. They allegedly found a stolen handgun in the brush near where he was hiding.

Groves was charged with receipt of stolen property (firearm), possession of a handgun by a convicted felon and third-degree criminal trespassing.

Coney was also charged with receiving stolen property.

LMPD investigators ask anyone who might have information about the shooting to call the Crime Tip Line at 502-574-LMPD (5673). Tips can also be submitted anonymously online through the Crime Tip Portal by clicking here. 

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