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Officer Timothy Loehmann will not face charges for killing 12-year-old Tamir Rice. | Officer Timothy Loehmann will not face charges for killing 12-year-old Tamir Rice. |
Assistant Cuyahoga County Prosecutor Matthew Meyer made the announcement on Monday afternoon nearly 400 days after the shooting. | |
“The outcome will not cheer anyone, nor should it,” Mr McGinty said, he called the fatal shooting a “perfect storm of human error.” | |
Neither 26-year-old Loehmann nor his partner 46-year-old Frank Garmback will face charges. | |
The Rice family has said that they were not informed by prosecutors that the decision, the Guardian reports. | |
Subodh Chandra, the Rice family attorney, said earlier in the day that he believes both officers involved in the shooting will not be indicted. | |
“This is apparently how long it takes to engineer denying justice to a family when the video of the incident clearly illustrates probable cause to charge the officer,” Chandra told the Associated Press. | “This is apparently how long it takes to engineer denying justice to a family when the video of the incident clearly illustrates probable cause to charge the officer,” Chandra told the Associated Press. |
The decision comes nearly 400 days after the shooting causing many advocates against police brutality questioning the integrity of the investigation. | The decision comes nearly 400 days after the shooting causing many advocates against police brutality questioning the integrity of the investigation. |
The shooting occurred on November 22, 2014 when officer Loehmann was called to the Cudell Recreation Center when a 911 dispatcher said that a man was waving a gun. The 911 caller told dispatchers that the gun “was probably fake” but they did not relay the information with the officer and his partner. | |
Within 2-seconds, Officer Loehmann fatally shot the youngster, killing him with a single shot to the torso. | Within 2-seconds, Officer Loehmann fatally shot the youngster, killing him with a single shot to the torso. |
The incident sparked protests in Cleveland and nationwide, and prompted a Department of Justice investigation that found sweeping systemic deficiencies within the department. |