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White officer won’t face charges in killing of Cleveland boy
A county prosecutor will make an announcement on Monday on the grand jury investigation of the fatal shooting of a 12-year-old boy by a Cleveland police officer in November of 2014, the Cuyahoga County prosecutor’s office said.
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“The grand jury declined to bring criminal charges against Cleveland police officers Timothy Loehmann and Frank Garmback”, said McGinty.
“The scientific analysis and timing involved do not support any claim that there was a meaningful exchange between Officer Loehmann and Tamir Rice, before he was shot”, Wobrock said.
Grand jury proceedings are supposed to be secret, but McGinty has released expert reports and investigative documents to the media and public while citing his desire for transparency in how the case is being handled.
Tamir was shot by patrolman Timothy Loehmann within two seconds of a police cruiser skidding to a stop near the boy.
Police went to the area, after a 911 caller reported a male in the area waving a gun. They said Tamir reached for his waistband and that they saw a gun.
The boy lay unattended for about four minutes until an Federal Bureau of Investigation agent who is a trained paramedic arrived and began administering first aid. It’s almost certain that Rice meant to hand the toy to police or show the officers it wasn’t real, which officers couldn’t have known, he said. The family releases its own expert reports.
McGinty also says that the community should begin the healing process now that the grand jury has made its decision.
“[Loehmann] had reason to fear for his life”, said McGinty.
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“His response was a reasonable one”, Crawford has written.