Police release video from police-involved shooting

555 Alsip police released video on Wednesday showing the most detail yet of a police-involved shooting earlier this month on the Far South Side. Video from the Oct. 3 incident shows a Cadillac sedan drive toward an officer before the officer opens fire and the Cadillac crashes into a second squad car in the parking lot of a Mount Greenwood apartment building. The alleged driver of the Cadillac, 25-year-old Jamal Campbell, was struck by the officer's bullets and faces a felony charge of attempted first-degree murder of a police officer. In the footage, the squad car is seen pulling into the parking lot as the Cadillac drives toward it and stops. The squad car pulls closer and the Cadillac reverses slightly and stops again as the officer yells at the two men inside to show their hands. After several seconds, the Cadillac appears to try to drive around the squad car, striking a parked vehicle in the process. The officer fires multiple times as he walks backwards behind his squad car to avoid being hit. The Cadillac then crashes into a second police vehicle that had parked behind the first. Police said that after crashing into the squad car, Campbell continued to accelerate and spin his tires. In the video, screeching tires and engine revving can be heard before a single gunshot that comes several seconds after the initial shooting.

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