Ohio Deputy Kills Man Running At Him With A Knife

Ohio Deputy Kills Man Running At Him With A Knife

In December 2024, a Mercer County deputy in Ohio shot and killed 22-year-old Moses Alik, who was running at him with a knife. The incident occurred early in the morning in the parking lot of a gas station in Celina after officers responded to a call about a man with a knife. Incident details

• Initial call: Officers from Celina were dispatched to a report of a man with a knife and requested assistance from the Mercer County Sheriff's Office.
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• Confrontation: Deputies arrived to find Alik armed with a knife. A Celina officer first deployed a taser, which was ineffective.
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• Shooting: Cruiser camera video released by the sheriff's office shows Alik raising the knife, then charging toward Deputy Spencer Heinl. Heinl responded by firing his weapon multiple times.

Episode Transcript

(00:05):
I'm going over here. Get on the ground.
I'm coming around. Don't pick it up.
Drop the knife. Drop it.
Drop it now. Central shots fired.

(00:40):
Yeah, stomach. Hey.
You got a. Med Kit Spencer.

(01:00):
Go get a Med kit. 4021 you need to head this way.

(01:38):
I don't know what I got in here man.
It's. All kind that.

(02:08):
I got him, I'm coming bosses. I got a whole bag right here.
Here's a bag of gloves. Bothers.

(02:51):
You got a chest? You got a chest seal?
I don't know, just put somethingover it for now with pressure on
it. OK, Central, I don't got a chest

(03:15):
seal in here. Do you have any extremities?
Right here's chest seal. Chest seal.

(03:47):
1. I did shoot.

(05:19):
OK, got a gun. Got a knife, it's about 3-4 feet
from me. Maybe Taser was attempted by Pat
Start coming at me. Me and Bothus both had firearms

(05:44):
on them. Pat had Taser on them and they
were split both sides of me. He was right in front of me.
So did you call the bosses?

(06:11):
Oh yeah. What was the call?
Tempted to get in the male's truck with a knife.
Not sure. They were looking for this male.
And when Balthus said he was outback here, I was right here on
the Walnut. So I pulled in the back alley.

(06:31):
Balthus had him at gunpoint. Sergeant Crosby was coming from
his patrol vehicle. I came up this way, Yeah.

(07:31):
Yeah, I'm fine. A little close for my comfort,
man. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. 4 feet
with a knife. Too close for me, man.
Not going to. Why?
Do you pick it? Back up, I don't know why he
picked it back up. He just Taser didn't work, he
said. Like 3 times I want to die.

(07:52):
I want to die when they were working on.
It that's not very reassuring. Do you you want to call Rachel

(08:16):
for me? Just let her know what's going
on. Do I can I go off?
Do I got to stay on I? I would stay off and.

(08:38):
What's that? We got enough guys here to
secure the scene. OK, let's go over here.
OK, you're off on. I'm off.