Who Is Bruce Warrick? Louisville Police Shooting Video Shows Unarmed Black Man Shot By White Officer After Being Told To Raise His Hands

Police in Louisville, Kentucky, Thursday released the body camera footage of a white officer shooting Bruce Lamont Warrick, an unarmed black man, immediately after asking Warrick to show his hands. Warrick was taken to a local hospital where he remained in critical condition Thursday after receiving surgery that removed parts of his intestine and spleen.

The incident occurred when Officer Sarah Stumler, along with two other officers, were dispatched to an abandoned home where Warrick was hiding Wednesday after receiving a tip about a man using drugs in the area. The video shows Stumler inspecting the house before spotting Warrick, 38, behind a mattress and leaning against a wall. It portrays Stumler telling Warrick to show his hands, only to shoot him seconds later.

A complete search of the abandoned house after the shooting revealed that there were no weapons inside, Louisville Metro Police Chief Steve Conrad told the Associated Press.

Stumler was placed on administrative leave amid an investigation by the Public Integrity Unit. She did not immediately meet with investigators or provide them with a statement about her account of what happened.

"I am concerned anytime we have an incident where an officer uses deadly force,” Conrad told reporters.

Jakeita Sanders, who lives down the street from where the incident occurred, described Stumler to local reporters as a “really nice person” who gave people “a lot of chances” before locking them up. She said Stumler must have feared for her life if she responded to seeing Warrick by using lethal force.

There were 963 Americans killed by the police in 2016, The Washington Post reported. Conversely, 64 police officers were killed in the line of duty last year, CNN reported on Dec. 13, 2016.

Although black men represented just 9 percent of the population in the U.S., they made up 40 percent of those killed while unarmed in 2015. There were 136,705 black Americans living in Louisville in 2016, representing 22 percent of the city's population.