Jun 19, 2009 2:17 pm US/Eastern
NJ Police Officer Cleared In Shooting Of Suspect
Victim Heard On 9-1-1 Asking Cop: "Why Did You Shoot Me Sir?"
ROSELLE, N.J. (CBS) ―
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Andre Doss said he responded to his father's call for help at his local business and called 9-1-1 himself. Police arrived and shot him instead.
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A grand jury will not bring criminal charges against a New Jersey police officer whose gun fired during a drug raid, wounding a suspect.
Union County Prosecutor Theodore Romankow announced the finding Friday, saying the panel had determined the April 1 shooting was accidental.
Roselle Detective Joseph Osty was among several officers executing a search warrant at a masonry business when he slipped on some wet pavement. Officials say that caused him to fire his gun and the bullet struck Andre Doss in the upper shoulder.
Doss was treated for non-life threatening injuries.
In a CBS 2 HD exclusive, we had the audio recording of just what happened when police were executing a search warrant in Roselle, N.J.
Doss: "Oh Lord, please, please, please, please, please, please, please ... call an ambulance! Somebody shot me!"
Doss: "Why did you shoot me? Why did you shoot me sir? Holy ... help me God."
CBS 2 HD exclusively obtained the audio tape, where you can hear the 26-year-old saying he's the one who called police to his father's contracting business off of St. Georges Avenue.
Doss: "I called you guys. I called you guys 'cause someone was trying to shoot me. Oh my God. Why are doing this? What's this for? What is this for?"
Officer: "Got a search warrant."
"We don't know as far as the doctors what they're going to do with him," Doss' mother, Rhonda Julius, said after the shooting.
Julius also said the police told her the officer slipped on wet pavement and the gun accidentally went off.
"Basically the cops kicked in the door, [Doss] opened the officer door and when he opened the office door the cops shot him," Julius said.
Here's more of the audio:
Officer: "Try to calm yourself down. That's the whole thing. Calm yourself down."
You can hear Doss on the recording pleading with police to take off his handcuffs.
Doss: "Help me … Can you take these off of my arms. I am not dangerous. I'm no danger."
Officer: "You're a suspect right, all right? We're here for a reason."
The officer eventually took off the restraints.
Doss: "I'm going to die."
Officer: "You're not going to die."
Officer: "Ambulance is here."
Prosecutors told CBS 2 HD Roselle Police were executing a search warrant, after investigating a drug distribution operation out of the business.
(© 2009 CBS Broadcasting Inc. All Rights Reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. The Associated Press contributed to this report.)
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