quarter-mile into cheviot where he was met by specialist scott mcmanis plus officers zachary sterbling and eric kohler. kohler. "every officer realizes there may be a time in their career where they may be faced with a situation like that and tragically this is what's occurred." occurred." the weapon recovered turned out to be an airsoft pellet gun. police chief eliot isaac and mayor john cranley "justified." "the three officers are on paid administrative leave until the investigation into what happend here is finished. tom mckee, nine on your side, cheviot." 9 on your side dug into gaston's past.we've learned gaston does have a history of domestic violence.the hamilton county prosecutor's office says he threatened to shoot his ex and her children. we're told he had to be taken out of his vehicle at gunpoint. this happened in october. we're learning more about a mother of two- facing charges- after she went the wrong way on i-71, killing a man yesterday. 9-1-1 calls are giving police a beter idea of the events leading up to that crash. dispatchers received calls from drivers- saying they saw a driver-

from a stunned citizen witnessing specialist scott mcmanis, officer zachary sterbling and officer eric kohler confront paul gaston on harrison avenue. avenue. to determine, our officers responded appropriately according to their training." training." police say it begins with a 911 call from gaston's girlfriend claiming he's acting oddly. "there's a man out there waving a gun and there's kids there." there." minutes later, a security camera captures gaston crashing his truck into a utility pole at harrison and boudinot avenues. gaston staggers up harrison avenue toward cheviot and he's armed. armed. "he exited the car, stumbled out, dropped a gun and then picked up the gun and then took off." off." police confront gaston just inside cheviot and the driver holding this phone hears officers order him to his knees -- then to lie flat on the ground and reacts. reacts. "please do what you're asked. please. back up. do what they say. back up." up." that didn't happen. happen. "as he initially starts to go to the ground, he raises up, with his right hand reaches to reasion of the officers, they fire

from a stunned citizen witnessing specialist scott mcmanis, officer zachary sterbling and officer eric kohler confront paul gaston on harrison avenue. avenue.