Columbus police identified Chantez Loury, 38, as the man who died Wednesday after exchanging gunfire with police in the North Linden neighborhood and severely injured one officer.
Police Chief Elaine Bryant, Mayor Andrew Ginther and others in the division's leadership briefed reporters Friday morning and showed dash camera video from the police response to the shooting. Bryant sharply criticized the state of Ohio's Department of Corrections for allegedly losing track of Loury, who violated parole.
Bryant said the state needs to do better and keep track of criminals like Loury so shootings like this don't happen.
"Absolutely when you have a criminal like this, they should be locked up. They should be behind bars. They should not be allowed to be out. Obviously we're mad, we're frustrated. This didn't have to occur," Bryant said. "We're gonna do better. (The state has) to do better. We all have to make sure that we're doing our part to ensure that criminals stay behind bars and that we keep our community safe."
Bryant said Loury was released from prison in August of 2025 and was placed on three years of supervised parole. She said Loury has an extensive criminal history, including numerous drug trafficking and weapon charges, multiple assault charges and an attempted murder charge.
In short clips from the video, police initiated a traffic stop and began following a white SUV through Linden neighborhood streets, attempting to pull it over. In another short clip shown to reporters, police then encountered Loury walking down a street on foot.
Bryant said police officers identified Loury as the suspect at this time. Several squad cars surrounded Loury in the video. One officer gets out of his vehicle and told Loury to "get on the ground."
Loury then pulled out a handgun and fired at the officer. That's when the responding police officers opened fire on Loury several times until he collapsed to the ground, dropping the gun.
Bryant didn't reveal exactly why Loury was pulled over, though she did say it was due to some sort of traffic violation.
Columbus Division of Police Sgt. James Fuqua said the videos will be redacted and released to media by the end of the day on Friday.
Bryant said the officers involved in the shooting are victims and protected under Marsy's Law. Bryant commended the other responding officers for rushing their injured colleague to Grant Hospital, where he is recovering from a bullet wound to his leg.
"Under these courageous circumstances, they were able to get that officer to the hospital in time, which was life saving for that officer. They handled that scene. They were able to do an amazing job and I just want to commend them," Bryant said.
Mayor Ginther said he will do anything to support the officer's recovery. He said this incident should put the community on notice that gun violence can happen at any time.
"We know these types of crimes are committed by only a small percentage of the residents around this community. This individual in particular appears to have been a career criminal, but we will not allow that small number to destroy our collective sense of safety and security," Ginther said.
Ginther also commended the officers for rendering aid to Loury despite the fact that he shot their colleague.
Bryant said the Ohio Bureau of Criminal Investigation is investigating the shooting.
