Bennie Branch

Deadly force

Bennie Branch was shot and killed following a traffic stop. Details as to what precipitated the killing were withheld by police. Family members said he was shot while fleeing, and his mother witnessed the killing. Officer Ryan Bradley shot and killed Branch after he walked away from the officer, fleeing the scene as a passenger in his mother's car, struggling with officers who tried to forcibly remove him from the other and allegedly reaching for an Airsoft gun tucked in his pants.