*Viewer Discretion Advised – The following video shows a fatal officer-involved shooting.*

The Findlay Police Department has released the bodycam footage from the fatal officer-involved shooting on Wednesday.

At a news conference at the Findlay Municipal Building on Friday, Police Chief James Mathias said all indications at this time point to the shooting of 90-year-old Robert Norton as being a suicide by cop incident.

Chief Mathias says officers responded to 1642 Cherry Lane at 1:47 Wednesday afternoon on the report of a shooting that Norton had called in.

When officers approached the door, Norton pointed a gun through the door at officers and officers fired seven rounds at Norton, striking him.

Officers rendered aid to Norton, and he was taken to Blanchard Valley Hospital where he was pronounced deceased.

The gun Norton pointed at officers was a BB gun that looked like a real gun.

Four officers were on the scene of the incident and two fired their gun. All four are on Critical Incident Leave as the Ohio BCI investigates. 

Chief Mathias said he has reached out to Norton’s immediate family members to offer condolences for their loss, and says they have offered the department great support in return to the officers directly affected by the shooting.

Chief Mathias said he’s proud of these officers and all of the sworn and civilian personnel he leads daily at the Findlay Police Department.