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Last updated on Thursday, August 31, 2017
(EVANSVILLE) - Police have released video showing a man swinging a bat at a police officer before he was fatally shot outside Evansville’s federal courthouse.
The security video shows 55-year-old Ricky Ard smashing the windows in two front doors at the courthouse.
Body-camera video shows the officer trying to hit Ard with a stun gun before the he charged at him with the baseball bat.
The officer backpedaled before firing a half-dozen shots.
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