The Cincinnati man accused of firing multiple rounds at an Asian grocery store in Evendale, Ohio, made bizarre claims at the time of his arrest, newly released police bodycam footage shows.
Daniel Beckjord, 33, allegedly targeted the front windows of Tokyo Foods at around 6:30 p.m. on Sunday, Jan. 22. While shooting, he allegedly claimed that he was the “president of Tokyo” and that the business was “not in compliance.”
No one was injured at the store, but the incident terrified nine patrons at the adjacent Uncle Yip’s restaurant. Some reportedly locked themselves in the bathroom.
Beckjord was still holding a .40 caliber Glock handgun when deputies arrived to arrest him.
An 8-minute bodycam footage released Tuesday shows him cooperating with the officers, even claiming that there was another weapon — a 9-millimeter handgun — in his car, before he begins rambling erratically.
Beckjord said he was a “special agent” concluding “an investigation to end child molestation and sexual slavery and the dosing of mass populations through drugs and drug-like substances and psychedelics and psychedelic-like substances.”
At that point, a bystander refers another officer to something “back in the car” and something about his wife. Beckjord hears this while making more bizarre claims.
“They want you to release me and back to the car,” Beckjord says. “And he did the right thing. He just wanted to make sure his kids were safe. And, uh, I run the mafia for every galactic.”
Beckjord then went on to identify himself as chief of several Native American, African and European territories.
“I’m chief of Cherokee Nation, chief of Navajo Nation, I’m chief of Iroquois Nation, I’m chief of Cherokee-Iroquois Nation, I’m chief of Cherokee-Navajo Nation, I’m chief of Africa Nation, I’m chief of Egyptian Nation, I’m chief of Ethiopian Nation, I’m chief of all the Nordic tribes, I am chief of Irish Nation,” he said without pausing.
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