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FL: New surveillance footage released of officers dragging a 69 year old condominium owner into an elevator after they shot him in the chest. The daughter was never able to see her father again due to police custody, while he died alone 3½ weeks later. https://t.co/IYugxdlIHX

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New surveillance video shows the moments after 69-year-old David Cotis was shot and wounded by Hollywood police. Cotis had called the police to report a disturbance at his condo. Upon arrival, police shot Cotis in the chest on the fourteenth floor. The video shows officers dragging a handcuffed Cotis into an elevator. Cotis’s daughter says her father had a license to carry a gun. She questions why police treated him in such a way after he was already handcuffed and wounded. His family says it took over thirty minutes to get him help. Cotis died almost a month after the shooting. His daughter says she was never allowed to see him after the incident. The Florida Department of Law Enforcement is investigating the shooting.
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Speaker 0: 30 new surveillance video obtained by local ten news showing the moment several Hollywood Police Officers drag a man into an elevator after shooting and wounding him. And that man on the ground is the same person who called police to report a disturbance in the first place. Speaker 1: And we're now hearing from his heartbroken daughter after she was shown that rather disturbing video. Our Roshua joining us live with this exclusive tonight. Rosh. Speaker 2: This video has never been seen before this moment, and I wanna warn everyone, it is disturbing. In the video, you will see a man who was handcuffed, who has just been shot by police, and he's actually dragged into an elevator. It takes quite some time to get him help. His daughter, his only daughter, watched that video with me today, and she was heartbroken. Speaker 3: He's my literally my best friend. Speaker 2: 02/26/2002. This is 69 year old David Cotis. He asked neighbors to call Hollywood police because he said someone was breaking into his condo at around 08:00 in the morning. Speaker 3: He comes out with his gun, license to carry and everything. Speaker 2: Police arrive, and on the Fourteenth Floor, Cotez is shot by police in the chest. Speaker 3: Why? They would treat him in such a way or drag him into an elevator. They already have him handcuffed behind his back. He's wounded. Speaker 2: For the very first time, we are seeing this surveillance video after David was shot in the chest. Speaker 3: I just need to know why. What happened? I need answers. Speaker 2: Handcuffed. He is dragged into the elevator, which actually makes a stop. His family says it took more than thirty minutes to get him help, and they want to know why. David died almost a month after the shooting. Speaker 3: He's asking for people to call the police for help. And when the police comes to help, who are they helping? They my dad is dead. Speaker 2: And seeing how much pain she is in, and she tells me that after the shooting, they've been lived for about three and a half weeks. She was never able to see her father because she says police wouldn't allow her to see him. And so he took what happened with him to the grave. One final note, we did get a response from the Florida Department of Law Enforcement. They are the agency investigating the shooting. They say this remains an active and open investigation.
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