Woman Regrets Taping Fatal Shots -- She Sold Footage Of Bloody Scene To TV, Newspaper

ANCHORAGE - A woman who videotaped police as they fatally shot a man threatening to kill his little brother, then sold the tape for publication, now says she regrets recording the scene.

Terrance Cloyd, 20, killed his mother and 8-year-old sister Tuesday, then walked outside holding his 10-year-old brother hostage at gunpoint, police said.

Kelli Kallio, 20, a nursing student who sold the tape to local TV stations and newspaper, was among neighbors who watched the early-morning standoff with police.

"Something inside me just said `Tape it,' " she said.

However, she added: "If I had it to do over, I might not give the video to anybody." She said she would decline an offer for the tape from "A Current Affair," the syndicated program that buys home videotapes to dramatize news events.

But an associate producer with the program, Michelle Adler, said from New York that "A Current Affair" would use Kallio's tape on Thursday's program.

Adler said Kallio gave verbal agreement in a conversation Wednesday. She said the program would pay $150 when Kallio returned a contract.

Kallio's tape includes her hushed commentary as police snipers prepared to act after negotiations failed to get Cloyd to surrender.

"They're going to shoot him. Ready, aim. They're going to fire. They're raising their guns . . . oh, my God! They just blew his head off . . . "

KTUU-TV in Anchorage said Kallio offered the tape within an hour of the shooting and it paid $50. The Anchorage Daily News said it bought the tape for $100.

"She called us and asked to be paid," said KTUU reporter Julie Hasquet. "There was no arm-twisting. She was actually quite excited about it."

But afterward, Kallio said, it was "tasteless" to broadcast sections of the tape showing Cloyd being shot in the head.

"It was a tough call," said KTUU news director John Tracy. "Only by seeing the video can you understand why the police did what they did."

The Anchorage Daily News ran a photo made from Kallio's tape. It showed police hurrying the 10-year-old away after Cloyd was shot. A color photo shot by a staff photographer showed blood running from the gunman's body.

Kallio said she had received one angry call from a man who identified himself as Cloyd's friend. He told her she should be ashamed for selling the footage, Kallio said.

"I don't want to sound like a ruthless person," she said. "That's not the reason I did it. I don't know why I wanted to tape it in the first place.

"I can't get that picture out of my mind."