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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. Assistant Cuyahoga County Prosecutor Matthew Meyer made the announcement on Monday afternoon more than 400 days after Rice was killed for holding an airsoft gun.
“The outcome will not cheer anyone, nor should it,” Mr McGinty said, he called the fatal shooting a “perfect storm of human error.” “The outcome will not cheer anyone, nor should it,” Mr McGinty said before calling 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. Officer Loehmann's partner 46-year-old Frank Garmback will not face charges for his role in the shooting.
​The Rice family has said that they were not informed by prosecutors that the decision, the Guardian reports. “It has been clear for months now that Cuyahoga County Prosecutor Timothy McGinty was abusing and manipulating the grand jury process to orchestrate a vote against indictment,” the Rice family said in a statement.
Subodh Chandra, the Rice family attorney, said earlier in the day that he believes both officers involved in the shooting will not be indicted. “Even though video shows the police shooting Tamir in less than one second, Prosecutor McGinty hired so-called expert witnesses to try to exonerate the officers and tell the grand jury their conduct was reasonable and justified. It is unheard of, and highly improper, for a prosecutor to hire 'experts' to try to exonerate the targets of a grand jury investigation.”
Subodh Chandra, the Rice family attorney, said earlier in the day that he believed both officers involved in the shooting would 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 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 dispatchers did not relay the information to the officer and his partner.
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. Shortly after the decision, small groups of protesters arrived outside the justice center in downtown Cleveland and community members began compiling a memorial at the scene of the shooting.
The incident sparked protests in Cleveland and nationwide, and prompted a Department of Justice investigation that found sweeping systemic deficiencies within the department.