GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — Body camera video shows a drunk and armed FBI agent inside Grand Rapids Police Department headquarters hours after his partner shot at officers.
John Salazar, the agent who showed up to GRPD, hasn’t faced any criminal charges.
The video from the early morning of Dec. 6, 2016 was posted online over the weekend and appears to be incriminating. Kent County Prosecutor Chris Becker said on Monday that he had not seen it until 24 Hour News 8 showed it to him.
In the video, officers comment on Salazar.
“He’s eating 14 pieces of gum,” one officer can be heard saying.
Salazar arrived at the downtown headquarters after his partner, Ruben Hernandez, was arrested for firing at a GRPD officer outside a gym off of 28th Street — though no one was hurt in that incident.
“Did you get a call from him tonight?” one of the officers asked Salazar.
“Um,” Salazar responded.
“Someone called us. We’re still trying to figure out who called us to say he was in trouble or something. That wasn’t you?” an officer asked.
“Listen, I’m not going to answer anything right now. I have no idea,” Salazar said.
According to receipts 24 Hour News 8 obtained through the Freedom of Information Act, Salazar and Hernandez started drinking at 7:45 p.m. the night before at Brann’s Steakhouse, where they bought 12 beers. Then they headed to Sensations Showgirls nightclub near the intersection of 28th Street and the East Beltline, where they bought five more drinks. They were then separated, after which the shooting happened outside a nearby Planet Fitness.
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