Body cam footage playlist
The second video has full conversation between the mother and a cop before everything kicks off. Shooting at the end of the video.
Mother: "My son - I don't know if you've been briefed about my address at all..."
Cop: "A little bit."
Mother: "My father was murdered January 16th and literally our whole lives fell apart. Everything, my business... nothing mattered, you know? He [her son] reacts to the outfits and everything like that, there's nothing we can do about that because you're the only people we can call because the insurance... I paid a whole year's worth of salary last month for getting treatment because his insurance wouldn't cover it and they take him out against medical advice because I couldn't afford $1600 a day no more for a damn day care that is not changing him.
Cop: "So what has been going on tonight?"
Mother: "Lately I haven't been working because I've been so depressed and I've just been sending my workers and my business is spiralling because I'm depressed but whatever. The point is I worked today as we've had so many jobs and I've just came back from Ogden. I dropped (can't hear the name) off earlier because she wasn't feeling well, she had to go to the... anyway... that's another one of my workers because they had to all work late and I'm like stay because you've got to be back at 6am because we've got a big job in Murray. The point is I don't want to have them drive all the way up there and back home... it doesn't matter. He's not used to being without me for so long."
Cop: "Does he have separation anxiety?"
Mother: "I'm normally glued to him because I'm so worried about him and I normally don't ever leave but Antonio, he got a job at the airport so we were down one and I just had to put on my big girl panties and make money and deal with my life. I can't be depressed. I have to be alive."
Cop: "You have to worry about your own mental health as well."
Mother: "I mean yeah, let me tell you..."
Cop (quickly interjects): "So what's going on tonight?"
Mother: "So I'm driving home, I left my phone in my car to charge while I was at Carl's, I cleaned Carl's, came out, my phone's ringing, I answer the [audio cut for a couple of seconds] phone and it's my younger son and he's like 'Oh, so you can answer the phone for him but not for me. What did you do? Block me you fecking bitch. feck you.'"
Cop: "So he was having a little bit of an episode."
Mother: "So he was freaking out on me and I'm like [audio cut for a couple more seconds]"
Cop: "So what's your son's name?"
Mother: "Linden Cameron"
Cop then asks her to spell it and she complies.
Cop: "And how is he currently acting? Is he out of control and breaking things?"
Mother: "He's threatening to break things. I don't know if he has or not. The best thing that I've known to do is to just stop communicating with him. The more I communicate with him, the more he fires back."
Cop: "We have some notes about weapons in the house."
Mother: "I do know my worker was like 'Did you know Linden has a BB Gun?'"
Cop: "Are you sure it is a BB Gun?"
Mother: "I'm not sure. I don't know if it is a pellet gun, I don't know if it is a prop weapon because my other son..."
Cop: "But you don't know if it is a real gun?"
Mother: "I don't believe it is a real gun, no."
Cop: "So unfortunately we have to treat them all as if they are real. What is it that you want from us tonight?"
Mother: "We need him to go to the hospital. I need him to go to the hospital. I cannot get him there on my own."
Cop: "Okay."
Mother: "I can't do this every night. I won't be able to handle myself."
Cop: "Has he expressed any..."
[audio cuts out again as he's saying something and she replies]
Cop: "What about tonight?"
Mother: "He was on the speakerphone and my worker's sitting here and he's threatening my mails. He possesses me. He's a narcissist so everything of mine is not mine anymore. It is all his."
Cop: "And he's 14?"
Mother: "13. And he's almost 14 next month. He possesses everything, so he's like 'Oh, so you're with that man worker? I'm going to fecking shoot his ass.' He's just freaking out and I'm like 'Dude, I think we should call because now would be the time..."
Cop: "So who is in the house right now?"
Mother: "Upstairs is my brand new renters, who I really don't want to bother. I was thinking go through the garage, go through the alley because cars are blocking in or I can walk you down the side."
Cop: "And where's the house? It is right up here, right?"
Mother: "Up here on the right with the big wood thing around it."
Cop: "So let's talk to him and we'll go from there."
Mother: "I am so worried, but I think this is the best thing..."
Cop: "We understand he doesn't like law enforcement?"
Mother: "No, not at all. It's a trigger. He sees the badge and thinks you're automatically going to kill him or he has to defend himself in some way. He freaks out. He's got sensory disorder but we have to do what we have to do because I cannot live like this. I just can't handle it."
Cop: "Okay. We'll go and talk to him."
Mother: "Great. I would like him transported to [audio not clear] so if you can do that, that would be great."
Cop: "Yeah, I have to determine on his actions and what he says."
Mother: "He hasn't been able to control himself. My other son, he'd flip out then I'd call the cops and by the time they'd get there he'd be like 'Yes officer, she's crazy'. This one... he's off the deep end. Sometimes he sees people that aren't there, but I don't know like, we've seen a lot of weird stuff this past year."
Cop: "I understand. Do you want us to follow you in, do you want us to go talk to him while you stay out here?"
Mother: "I'll follow you in."