{"id":535,"date":"2025-08-24T18:22:18","date_gmt":"2025-08-24T18:22:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.landingliker.info\/?p=535"},"modified":"2025-08-24T18:35:04","modified_gmt":"2025-08-24T18:35:04","slug":"video-shows-man-with-knife-attacking-accpd-officers-before-they-shot-him","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.landingliker.info\/?p=535","title":{"rendered":"\u203c\ufe0f\u203c\ufe0fVideo Shows Man With Knife Attacking ACCPD Officers Before They Shot Him"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/www.landingliker.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/police-shoot-knife-wielding-man-athens-georgia-wp-1024x682.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-536\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.landingliker.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/police-shoot-knife-wielding-man-athens-georgia-wp-1024x682.webp 1024w, https:\/\/www.landingliker.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/police-shoot-knife-wielding-man-athens-georgia-wp-300x200.webp 300w, https:\/\/www.landingliker.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/police-shoot-knife-wielding-man-athens-georgia-wp-768x512.webp 768w, https:\/\/www.landingliker.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/police-shoot-knife-wielding-man-athens-georgia-wp-1536x1024.webp 1536w, https:\/\/www.landingliker.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/police-shoot-knife-wielding-man-athens-georgia-wp.webp 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><br><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?original_referer=https:\/\/flagpole.com\/news\/in-the-loop\/2019\/07\/02\/video-shows-man-with-knife-attacking-accpd-officers-before-they-shot-him\/&amp;text=Video%20Shows%20Man%20With%20Knife%20Attacking%20ACCPD%20Officers%20Before%20They%20Shot%20Him&amp;tw_p=tweetbutton&amp;url=https:\/\/flagpole.com\/news\/in-the-loop\/2019\/07\/02\/video-shows-man-with-knife-attacking-accpd-officers-before-they-shot-him\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/pinterest.com\/pin\/create\/button\/?media=https:\/\/flagpole.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Screen-Shot-2019-07-02-at-1.28.18-PM.png&amp;url=https:\/\/flagpole.com\/news\/in-the-loop\/2019\/07\/02\/video-shows-man-with-knife-attacking-accpd-officers-before-they-shot-him\/&amp;is_video=false&amp;description=Video+Shows+Man+With+Knife+Attacking+ACCPD+Officers+Before+They+Shot+Him\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.reddit.com\/submit?url=https:\/\/flagpole.com\/news\/in-the-loop\/2019\/07\/02\/video-shows-man-with-knife-attacking-accpd-officers-before-they-shot-him\/&amp;title=Video+Shows+Man+With+Knife+Attacking+ACCPD+Officers+Before+They+Shot+Him\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>A still from Officer Charles Bidinger\u2019s body camera shows Officer David Harrison wrangling with Aaron Hong.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The man who two Athens-Clarke County police officers shot and killed at an apartment complex off Macon Highway on Monday attacked one of the officers and tried to take his gun, body camera video released by ACCPD today shows.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Police Chief Cleveland Spruill walked reporters through the footage at an 11:30 a.m. news conference.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It shows the two officers, David Harrison and Charles Bidinger, responding to a call at the River Club apartments about a knife-wielding man covered in blood. They encountered the man\u2014identified as Aaron Hong, 23\u2014in the parking lot. (The blood is believed to be Hong\u2019s own.)&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Bidinger and Harrison immediately drew their guns and repeatedly told Hong to drop the knife, alternating between orders and pleas. \u201cWe can help you,\u201d Harrison said. Hong walked toward the officers with the knife as they retreated back down the long driveway to Macon Highway, shouting at them to \u201cdo it!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As they reached the road, Harrison told Bidinger \u201cless lethal.\u201d Bidinger put away his pistol and took out his Taser. At the same time, Hong charged at Harrison, who fired multiple shots.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"377\" src=\"https:\/\/www.landingliker.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Screen-Shot-2019-07-02-at-1.28.18-PM-600x377-1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-537\" style=\"width:735px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.landingliker.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Screen-Shot-2019-07-02-at-1.28.18-PM-600x377-1.png 600w, https:\/\/www.landingliker.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Screen-Shot-2019-07-02-at-1.28.18-PM-600x377-1-300x189.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><br><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?original_referer=https:\/\/flagpole.com\/news\/in-the-loop\/2019\/07\/02\/video-shows-man-with-knife-attacking-accpd-officers-before-they-shot-him\/&amp;text=Video%20Shows%20Man%20With%20Knife%20Attacking%20ACCPD%20Officers%20Before%20They%20Shot%20Him&amp;tw_p=tweetbutton&amp;url=https:\/\/flagpole.com\/news\/in-the-loop\/2019\/07\/02\/video-shows-man-with-knife-attacking-accpd-officers-before-they-shot-him\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/pinterest.com\/pin\/create\/button\/?media=https:\/\/flagpole.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Screen-Shot-2019-07-02-at-1.28.18-PM.png&amp;url=https:\/\/flagpole.com\/news\/in-the-loop\/2019\/07\/02\/video-shows-man-with-knife-attacking-accpd-officers-before-they-shot-him\/&amp;is_video=false&amp;description=Video+Shows+Man+With+Knife+Attacking+ACCPD+Officers+Before+They+Shot+Him\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.reddit.com\/submit?url=https:\/\/flagpole.com\/news\/in-the-loop\/2019\/07\/02\/video-shows-man-with-knife-attacking-accpd-officers-before-they-shot-him\/&amp;title=Video+Shows+Man+With+Knife+Attacking+ACCPD+Officers+Before+They+Shot+Him\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>A still from Officer Charles Bidinger\u2019s body camera shows Officer David Harrison wrangling with Aaron Hong.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The man who two Athens-Clarke County police officers shot and killed at an apartment complex off Macon Highway on Monday attacked one of the officers and tried to take his gun, body camera video released by ACCPD today shows.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Police Chief Cleveland Spruill walked reporters through the footage at an 11:30 a.m. news conference.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It shows the two officers, David Harrison and Charles Bidinger, responding to a call at the River Club apartments about a knife-wielding man covered in blood. They encountered the man\u2014identified as Aaron Hong, 23\u2014in the parking lot. (The blood is believed to be Hong\u2019s own.)&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Bidinger and Harrison immediately drew their guns and repeatedly told Hong to drop the knife, alternating between orders and pleas. \u201cWe can help you,\u201d Harrison said. Hong walked toward the officers with the knife as they retreated back down the long driveway to Macon Highway, shouting at them to \u201cdo it!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As they reached the road, Harrison told Bidinger \u201cless lethal.\u201d Bidinger put away his pistol and took out his Taser. At the same time, Hong charged at Harrison, who fired multiple shots.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Hong fell to the ground, but as Harrison holstered his weapon and approached him, Hong got back up and moved toward Bidinger, yelling at him to \u201cshoot me!\u201d He then grabbed Harrison, holding him around the neck from behind with one arm as he reached for Harrison\u2019s gun. Harrison slumped down, and Bidinger shot Hong again.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Paramedics who were standing by treated Hong, but he died at the scene.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Spruill would not comment on what made Hong so agitated.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Hong was not a UGA student, but he may have been subleasing an apartment at River Club, Spruill said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Harrison has seven years\u2019 experience on the force. Bidinger is a rookie officer. He was also involved in the March fatal shooting of&nbsp;Thomas Wayne Swinford, who pointed what later turned out to be a realistic-looking air pistol at police during a standoff in a Westlake Drive parking lot.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Georgia Bureau of Investigation cleared the officers in that shooting, Spruill said, although it could be a year or two before the district attorney\u2019s office releases a final report.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Bidinger went through firearms training and was given a psychological evaluation before returning to duty after the Swinford shooting, Spruill said. 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