Yellowstone releases body camera footage of officer-involved July 4 shootout

BRETT FRENCH

Yellowstone National Park officials on Friday released more than 20 minutes of descriptive video, including three officers’ body cam footage, from a Fourth of July shootout with 28-year-old Samson Lucas Bariah Fussner at Canyon Village.

The shooting unfolded at around 8 a.m. when the Florida man armed with a semi-automatic rifle approached law enforcement rangers posted near a dining facility at Canyon Lodge. The video from chest-mounted cameras shows Fussner firing toward the service entrance.

NPS released body worn camera footage from July 2024 officer-involved shooting at Canyon Village. NOTE: This is the first of two videos. For easier upload, the Billings Gazette trimmed the video into two halves. This video shows the actual camera footage of the event.  

The first body camera footage, from an agent identified as officer number two, begins about 10:30 minutes into the full video. It shows the right hand of an officer armed with an automatic rifle step into the Canyon Lodge loading bay and fire several rounds as the suspect, clad in what appears to be black clothing, rushes from left to right. No audio is present for the first 30 seconds. 

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