Shocking moment man is shot while filming gunman storm basketball court with ‘AR-15’
THIS is the horrific moment a man was shot by a gunman with an "AR-15" while he filmed a basketball game in Ohio.
Jermaine Brown, 23, was gunned down on Monday afternoon as he recorded a group playing ball on the Winterfeld Park court, reports said.
People start running and screaming as the video briefly shows a topless man at the edge of the court holding an AR-type rifle.
Six shots then ring out before at least 10 more follow from what would appear to be return fire from another weapon.
Brown can be heard grunting in pain as drops his camera and falls on the ground, screaming, "I got shot! I got shot!"
Toledo Police Department spokesman Sgt Mike Kurjan rubbished these claims, however.
They emerged after a spirit cleansing contractor warned people aged 24 and under not to be outside from 1am to 6am in a Facebook post.
“I think the thing seemed more overwhelming than traditionally because of the social media rumors," Kurjan told .
"I think a lot of that is kind of putting a magnifying glass on this and those rumors are propagating that it was this so-called ‘purge.’ There’s no indication that any of those incidents were at all related.
The sergeant pointed out that in three out of the five shootings, the victim and suspects knew each other.