New video shows what led to traffic being shut down on I-5 in Everett for several hours
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- Опубліковано 16 тра 2024
- More than two years after his death, David Babcock's family is still in mourning.
"I miss him more than anything," says Babcock's daughter, Elizabeth, as she breaks down in tears. "He wasn't just my dad. He was my best friend."
"It's like a wall comes down and your whole life changes," says widow Regina Babcock.
In February of 2022, Sedro-Woolley police noticed Babcock, 51, driving a car with the wrong license plate.
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Running towards a cop while holding a deadly weapon has to be one of the dumbest ideas I can think of. Never a good idea….
Acorns...
@@Look_What_You_Didyou got him there 🤡
typical p/u turd
Not stupid if that’s what you were planning to do
Well thanks for the video. Shows the cop actually gave the guy a chance and didn’t unload on him right off the bat.
That cop is lucky the guy didn't swing on him when he pushed him away...I think he let him get way too close
Excellent work by law enforcement. Helping clear up the courts too.
He seemed to want death by cop. People can really surprise you.
if one drives that corridor every afternoon, the rage builds with each passing slow down day after day. I understand his anger, though disagree with his manner of managing his rage.
All's well that ends well, sorry for cop's trauma.
Some people think they are the main character of a movie too.
🔫 > 🔨
Ya think...
😂
Water gun?..🤣
Water gun?..🤣
Did he actually have a hammer 🔨 or what 🤔
Anyone else notice the description for the video doesn't actually match the video?
Yes I did. The video stops before showing the actual incident
stay off drugs and alcohol
Especially when you can't effectively deal with life sober.
or don't skip your Meds 🩺
Alcohol is a drug dumbass. So is nicotine and caffeine while we are at it.
And stay Sane.
He was having a mental breakdown, stay in your lane
I believe he was running late to his anger management class.
😂😂😂
Excellent
cold lol
I drove home at night 8:00 pm from Seattle to Tacoma. There are a lot of idiots on the highways. Some people drive way too fast. Slow down!
Don't tell me if I shouldn't drive fast, stay in the far right lane and go your speed limit
We pay money for the roads such as taxes at gas stations so I'll use the roads to drive fast as possible
Going forward you will need a 2 week training course, a background check, and 3 week waiting period to buy anything over 15 ounce hammer.
UNIVERSAL background checks... NO "Hammer Show Loophole"!
I actually met someone today who knew this guy.
She said he was a meth addict, and a higher level meth dealer. She also said he is ill-tempered,and picks fights with random people.
Apparently he picked a random fight with a random guy two days before that, and pulled out a firearm he didn't have ammunition for, and almost got shot.
She said everyone who knows him thinks he's a complete idiot, and they're surprised something like this didn't happen much sooner.
Nice to hear that this particular individual was promptly dispatched by the WSP.
You must be confusing him with your dad
@@teryliz21 You must be related to him.
Nice boats!
Would the family of the suspect get offended if someone came to the funeral and loudly started playing the song
"Hardware store" by weird Al Yankovic?
“U can’t touch this” mc hammer
One thing I'll always try to avoid is I-5 traffic
This is tragic all the way around. I'm only 2 miles from where this happened. Thankfully, I was at work and didn't have to witness the shooting. Prayers to the state patrol involved and the suspects family who are dealing with the aftermath.
Thank you for showing respect to my family as well 🙏
I keep hearing he had a hammer, but I can't see it or find it in any version of the video. Am I am missing something here? Does anyone know if he only had the hammer at the end o the video?
It's very blurry, but in the clip of the last few seconds before he was shot, he seems to be gesturing with an open right hand, and holding something in his left fist. You can see something there when his shirt provides a dark background. Can't tell what it is.
Trust the cops bro they never lie
Man charging towards cops with a hammer........now hes dead!
That was suicide obviously
Boat country is 2 miles north of where it happened. They are right on the border of Everett and Marysville. Plus, that business is located on the SB side. They were nowhere close to the incident. Also, the people who were affected yesterday, were those in north Everett not Marysville. King 5 needs to do a better job.
You realized people living in Marysville were stuck in traffic, right?
Glad no one else was hurt! These Road Ragers need to be locked up on felonies and kept in jail!
peace out homeboy, you will not be missed
We didn't need him in our society anyway.
you and a very very very large percentage globally too.
Once again, cammer should be charged for portrait mode.
We don't need you but here you are, taking our air
@@djchristensen1 I provide and persist.
@@vihtoripuurola3775 and judge others on their value of living based on a tiny clip in a video. I could do without either of you honestly but who am I to say you don't have value to others? The guy was having a mental episode as told by the worker who was injured. Men's mental health goes totally unattended to for several reasons. Could happen to a lot of people. Pat yourself on the back for not having it happen to you.
After zooming in and replaying I don't see a hammer, but I agree that the police officer has a right to protect himself.
Taking the trash out
Does that mean you're next?
Does this video have the wrong description?
Yep. Interns at it again.
Definitely…
Probably lost sleep because they got home late due to this traffic 😂
I had started to wonder if it was an 'innocent' mistake, meant to lead the viewer to possibly believe that the perpetrator in this incident was unjustifiably taken down by the police. Whether it was an honest mistake or intentional, it should have been noticed and fixed immediately if King 5 wants to retain any of its waning credibility.
That's my white van @0:13, window open. I saw it and heard it. Scary. What else could the officer do? The suspect was charging him.
glad the general public was not hurt.
Boat dude had it right that North Evt. was a parking lot from 5 to midnight.
Good footage but sad situation
Hammer? What fuking hammer?
The fact he actually gave him a warning push instead of firing the first time around...
Yeah lucky he was white. Still squandered it
Way to go 5.0. Thanks for keeping us safe
General state of humanity these days. Ho hum.
He brought a hammer to a gunfight.
I know traffic is bad around here but jeeez!!
Thank you officer for saving the taxpayers money.
So many crazy men - what the hell?
Cops don't have the option to retreat, the cop gave the guy a chance but the guy came at the cop again, dumb.
Allegedly 🙄
It was the solar eclipse.
Typical washington state now, weather starts to get nice, people start wrecking there cars, coming unhinged, and putting lives and property in danger, not fair
Cue the chicken-littles, hyperventilating that the sky is falling 🙄.
What does it matter why he did what he did? He was putting the lives of others in jeopardy and wouldn't listen, so he got what he was after. "Stupid is as stupid does". Forrest Gump said that and it's true.
That's what happens when you do that good for the trooper
bath salts
seemed he had a mental health episode and lost his ability to think normally
Keeping the stereotype alive 🤦♂️
What the bloody heck?!? 🤔 This is WACK. What is goin' ON with humanity lately?? Are you friggin' serious? 🤯
Is Washington the new Florida???? 😅
People from Washington state are moving to Florida in droves
I would never
Nope, not even close. Florida still owns their title, although Texas is trying their best.
and nothing of value was lost
It's becoming a loony bin around here.
He couldn’t have shot the hammer out of his hand?!
- Joe Biden
Oh Darwin... you and your law are so silly sometimes.
FAFO
I guess you could say the suspect wanted to get nailed....
I cant see the hammer.
Justified
Let this be a lesson to those who make the irreversible decision to charge at a police officer😢
Good people overshadowe one bad person. It's in time like this that communities come out to show there are more good people than bad. The bad once just like taking all the spotlight. 👍🏻🍕🥪🥤
I disagree with the trooper's reaction. Whether there was a hanner or not, he received plenty of shooting training. Why he didn't try to shoot his leg or arm and once hurt, he can detain him. This trooper reacted without thinking. He left his emotions and adrenalin control him. It was poorly handled. I hope his family investigates this as I am sure there were plenty of witnesses to confirm whether there was a hammer or not
Once YOU get some firearm training and try to simulate taking a shot at an arm or leg while someone runs at you, you will know why the officer did not do that instead...because it's nearly impossible. Additionally, it is quite possible that the man was significantly under the influence of a variety of drugs, in which case even MULTIPLE hits in the arms or legs may have virtually no effect on his behavior. Then what? The officer would likely still have had to resort to lethal placement of shots. And I suppose then you would be saying, "Why did the officer have to shoot that man 12 times!?" Regarding your mention that the trooper reacted without thinking, I would argue that you commented without thinking....without thinking of the reality of the situation, and apparently your low knowledge in regards to self defense. Finally, King 5 did a poor job of detailing what was known about the situation. For example: The man with the hammer had called in multiple statements that he was on his way to kill someone. Once he got to the construction area, he proceeded to attack multiple construction workers, to the extent that the workers eventually got away from him because they apparently could not stop or restrain him, even as he continued to attack them. Imagine that...big, burly 'construction workers' could not stop or restrain the man. The man then apparently tried to use a vehicle to ram into the workers or run them down. By the way, I'm pretty sure that would qualify as attempted murder (multiple counts?) with a deadly weapon (the vehicle, not a hammer). I am confident that most people would agree that this man had demonstrated his intent to injure others, and was continuing to escalate his violence towards innocent bystanders, etc. Which brings me back to you...what if YOU had been one of the people sitting in a car, stuck there in traffic as this all unfolded? Do you think that man would have been compassionate towards you and left you alone, or would he have let HIS emotions and adrenaline (as well as any drugs he may have been using) control him and his actions towards YOU? Even if he did not have a hammer, my guess is that you would have been in significant danger. You can disagree with the trooper's reaction all you want, but the sad REALITY is that he likely saved someone else's life (possibly multiple lives) as a result of his actions. If you had been sitting in your car nearby and the man attacked you, would you value your life over his? (Let's not forget that he had made multiple threats and was actively attacking people) If he had spotted a young mother in a car and proceeded to break the window and attack her or her children, would their lives have been less important than his? The sad reality is that there are EVIL people in this world, whether by chance or by choice, and sooner or later they may cross paths with other people (in this case, the construction workers, innocent, uninvolved people on the highway, the family members and other random people the man had threatened, and last but not least the officer himself) and that officer had to make a split second decision to let the carnage continue to escalate or put a stop to it. I'm sure the officer would have much rather had the man calm down and comply, but the man chose not to, and paid the ultimate price for it. Your apparent inability to put yourself in his shoes is quite sad, to be honest.
The hammer guy was having a breakdown. Where was the non-lethal assistance? A life could have been saved
So the Trooper tried to de-escalte him and he charged the Trooper, forcing the Trooper to push him away. The Trooper tried to talk to him again and was going to Tase him when the Suspect produced a hammer and then charged at the Trooper swinging wildly.
The Trooper simply stepped back and drew his weapon and fired four times at center mass to Stop the threat.
@@Zeaiclies Understood on the sequence of events. The cop had basically two "tools" to deal with this situation: talk and lethal force. Talk didn't work, likely because the suspect was not in a reasonable state of mind. The only other option was lethal force when this person threatened the officer. Do you see how law enforcement needs more intermediate tools?
@@jjohnson5014
I do not know if the Taser was tried before or not. That would have been the only other tool available. No one would have been able to do any better, Law Enforcement or not.
Talking did not work.
Talking to someone else..... maybe, never know.
Taser.... again maybe, never know.
What else would you give Law Enforcement?
@@Zeaiclies I would leave it to the experts to figure this out. Certainly, in a first world nation as the USA, you'd think these situations would be better resolved. Look at the UK where its officers don't carry firearms.
@@jjohnson5014
The UK is interesting, you also don't have suicide by Cop there either. You have two different equations and you want the same solution, that's not possible without changing the variables.
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I agree with you that I wish there was away to make things better for all people in as many situations as possible.
Typical wa sate now, weather starts to get nice and people start coming out of there caves wrecking their vehicles, coming unhinged, putting lives and property at risk, not fair
If you can call pizza dinner...
He got hammered ! Spirit be like: Mental illness in society detected / exposed and removed ! Anyone else ? Lol 😅😅😅
Cause of death lead poisoning.
Maybe he was on his 12th jabberoo 😵🤭
Nonsense
Scare of hammer
No tazer?
would you try to tase those that wanna end you?
Glad not
White like usual
😂😂. That’s funny
Exactly. They need to practice what they preach. 😬🤭
@@nbaoldgirl one nice thing is you won’t see a bunch of white people protesting in the streets demanding the Trooper be prosecuted cuz most white people realize this guy created his own fate.
On a side note, Governor Insleefuhrer and Attorney General Bobby Eff has called for this loose cannon Trooper to be arrested and put on trial for this vicious act. They both believe the Trooper is a danger to the community.
Oh, the violent Whites.
Why?
@@Zeaicliesliberal governor
@@calgary2800
Inslee is a lying crocked idiot.
I am so glad he's gone in November.
Car dependency causes mental health issues like this.
More like drug dependency
yeh need more rail transit
This is why I stay off I 5. To many blue voters just acting out their summer if love. Vote blue get this insanity.
This cop is a danger to others watch out
Stop embarrassing yourself
How so...?
Crazy he was even able to rush da cop wit dat hammer if he was black he would of been shot instantly smh 🤦🏽♂️
Not in Washington but certainly possible in Idaho. lol
lol