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Bodycam shows Bucyrus shootout between Jacob Davidson and police during traffic stop

RawNews1st November 24, 2022

11/23/2022

Bucyrus Police Department Captain Tom Walker released dash and body cam video from the November 11th shootout between Bucyrus Police and a Centerburg man.

Officer Devin Wireman (K9 Handler) and Lt. Curt Bursby (2nd-shift supervisor) were directly involved in the shooting.

In a news release issued earlier, Captain Walker identified specific points of significance, including:

-The lead vehicle is Officer Wireman, and the second is Lt. Bursby. – The suspect fired two (2) rounds with a rifle before an officer returned fire – Officer Wireman is the only officer that shot at the suspect. – No local officers or civilians were injured. – No property damage to local residences.

The suspect was not injured. – The suspect is also considered a person of interest in the Morrow-County shootings.

Jacob Dan Davidson, 38, of Centerburg, has been indicted by the Crawford County Grand Jury on charges that include: felonious assault, a felony of the first-degree punishable with up to 11 years in prison, disrupting public services, and improperly handling firearms in a motor vehicle, both fourth-degree felonies and each punishable with up to 18 months in prison and discharging a firearm on or near a prohibited premises, a third-degree felony punishable with up to 36 months in prison.