Police Sgt. Dave Walker has said investigators found a vial of the drug PCP in Crutcher’s vehicle. Wood says Shelby “didn’t even hear her gunshot”. The 40-year-old unarmed black man was tasered by another officer following a rapid confrontation, and he was subsequently shot and killed by Shelby.
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Shelby, who’s charged with manslaughter, was booked into the local county jail and released shortly afterward on $50,000 bond.
“He was mumbling to himself and would not answer any of officer Shelby’s questions”, according to the affidavit. Demonstrations in Tulsa since Crutcher’s death have been consistently peaceful. Police video have not been released in this case so as not to compromise the investigation, police said.
On Friday, Shelby shot and killed 40-year-old Crutcher, whose vehicle was blocking the road after it shut down.
Shelby, who is white, was charged with first-degree manslaughter, and officials say she is expected to turn herself in.
Shelby, who joined the Tulsa Police Department in December 2011, was en route to a domestic violence call when she encountered Crutcher’s vehicle abandoned on a city street, straddling the center line.
Shelby’s lawyer, Scott Wood, said the officer had completed drug-recognition expert training and felt Crutcher was under the influence of PCP.
Friday’s ceremony will include a moment of silence and comments from Oklahoma state Sen.
Shelby told investigators Crutcher did not comply with her instructions and “that she was in fear for her life and thought Crutcher was going to kill her”, according to the arrest affidavit. The affidavit says Crutcher was not responding to Shelby’s verbal commands and was walking away from her with his hands held up. She surrendered to police early Friday morning.
Westbrook, who grew up in the Los Angeles area, says the September 16 shooting of Terence Crutcher, an unarmed black man in Tulsa, hit home for him because of where he grew up and how he was raised.
The Ida B. Wells Coalition Against Racism and Police Brutality in Kansas City captured a screenshot of Donald Ebert’s reply to an article about Terence Crutcher’s death in Tulsa last week.
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A third night of protests over a fatal police shooting in Charlotte gave way to quiet streets early Friday after the city’s mayor enacted a curfew and rifle-toting members of the National Guard arrived to guard.
