Body Camera Footage Shows Ohio Police Sergeant Stabbed by Suspect

SHELBY, Ohio -- A Shelby police sergeant was stabbed in the neck and a suspect was fatally shot at a fast food restaurant Saturday night.

Body camera video released by police shows Sgt. Noah Kocher walk into the Arby’s on Mansfield Avenue and ask if 31-year-old Tyler Jacobs was in the back, according to WEWS-TV

Kocher can be heard telling his partner to watch the back door before Jacobs is seen waking from behind the counter. Kocher tells the man he is serving him a warrant for failure to appear in court. The video then shows Jacobs swing his right arm at the sergeant and stab him in the neck.

Gunshots can be heard after police said Jacobs ran at the officer with the knife still in his hand.

Kocher was treated at the hospital and later released. He is currently on paid leave, with an investigation into the incident pending.

According to officials, the sergeant and Jacobs had a run-in on Oct. 30 less than a mile from the Arby’s. Records show another officer was trying to stop Jacobs after he crossed the road on a bike with no light at night when he rode by Kocher and made direct eye contact before he crashed the bike into the other officer’s cruiser.

Police found more than $8,000 in the man's backpack, along with cell phones, SIM cards, a laptop, face covering, gloves and a knife.