UPDATE: APD releases footage of deadly shooting of man with gun on Anchorage road, state clears APD officer

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (KTUU) - The state cleared an Anchorage police officer Friday of any wrongdoing in a shooting that left a 33-year-old man dead on Tudor Road earlier this year. APD released body-worn camera footage of the shooting Friday evening around 9 p.m.

The Office of Special Prosecutions determined in its review that Officer Isaac Kimball was “legally justified” in using deadly force against the man, Francis Rochon, who was killed on Feb. 4 in the middle of the roadway.

Kimball was one of multiple officers who responded to numerous reports that day of Rochon walking in traffic and pointing a gun at passing vehicles, including one instance of him pointing the handgun at a school bus.

The OSP said after Kimball stopped his patrol car and got out to give instructions, Rochon refused to comply and walked toward Kimball “gripping a handgun” that could be seen in his pocket.

Days after the shooting, APD Chief Sean Case said that officer body cam video shows that Rochon never fired a shot at officers, but had his hand on the gun and took it out of his pocket.

Rochon’s sister E.J. said the family has watched the body cam video police planned to release Friday and was surprised at what they saw.

“It was a shock that what he did was really wrong; we didn’t expect that it was something that Francis would do,” she said.

She said the video shows her brother acting irrationally and not following the officer’s commands.

“It’s hard, we kept hoping and praying that, you know, he wasn’t the one in the wrong because that wasn’t who he was,” she said. “He was a kind person, he was quiet, he never wanted to hurt anybody.”

E.J. said her brother had been struggling with mental health issues that were exacerbated after an older brother was murdered, and another died by suicide. He had been trying to get into an alcohol treatment program. On the morning of the shooting, E.J. said he was with her and sober, but hours later, at the time of the shooting, toxicology results showed he was drunk.

E.J. said her brother was trying to make a better life for himself and his young son, but he made a fatal mistake. She wishes police had used less lethal methods to deal with the situation.

“I don’t think he was ever the kind of person who wanted to hurt anybody, and I am sorry for the fear he may have caused, the concern he may have caused. But I’m never going to not remember my brother as someone who was kind and gentle, you know, he was a good man,” she said.

The police body cam video of the shooting was scheduled to be released around March 21, but was delayed by the department due to the nature of the state’s active investigation at the time.

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