Prosecutor: Ohio gunman wanted to kill police officers

CINCINNATI (AP) — An armed suspect who killed a Cincinnati police officer and then was shot to death by police wanted to ambush and kill as many officers as possible, a prosecutor said Wednesday.

[...] Deters said Wednesday he believed that Hummons, who was distraught after being accused of sexual assault by a girlfriend, was making "an attempt at mass murder."

Deters also released dashboard-camera video from Sandmann's police cruiser, following a monthslong standoff with news organizations.

The 911 caller reported that the subject was a "belligerent" black man in his early 20s who was wearing a white T-shirt with a gun tucked in his waistband.

Cincinnati's interim police chief, Eliott Isaac, said Wednesday that all of the officers involved responded appropriately and that among the lessons to be learned from the tragedy was that officers must always be vigilant and "look after each other."

The Associated Press was among news organizations that sought the video under public records laws.

In July, media organizations including the AP sued Deters when he refused to release police body-camera video involving the July 19 fatal shooting of a black motorist in a traffic stop by a white University of Cincinnati police officer.