The Latest: District attorney in Pittsburgh says he disagrees with a jury's decision to acquit a white former police officer in the fatal shooting of an unarmed black teenager as he ran from a car involved in a drive-by shooting.
PITTSBURGH — The Latest on the homicide trial of a white Pennsylvania police officer in the shooting of an unarmed black 17-year-old :The district attorney in Pittsburgh says he disagrees with a jury’s decision to acquit a former police officer in the fatal shooting of an unarmed black teenager as he ran from a car involved just minutes earlier in a drive-by shooting.
Zappala said that in the interest of justice, he’ll continue to bring charges where charges are appropriate.The family of a black teenager who was shot in the back and killed by a white police officer outside Pittsburgh remained stoic after the man was acquitted. Former East Pittsburgh Police Officer Michael Rosfeld was charged with homicide for killing 17-year-old Antwon Rose II last June. Rose was riding in an unlicensed taxi that was involved in a drive-by shooting. Rosfeld pulled the car over and shot Rose in the back, arm and side of the face as the teen ran away.The jury saw video of the fatal confrontation. The verdict came Friday after fewer than four hours of deliberations.
Defense attorney Patrick Thomassey says that Rosfeld was justified in shooting the fleeing teenager because the officer believed he was in danger. Rosfeld shot Rose in the back, arm and side of the face as he ran from a traffic stop. Rose had been riding in a car that Rosfeld pulled over because he correctly suspected it was involved in a drive-by shooting.An attorney for the family of Antwon Rose II says a jury should conclude that the unarmed black teenager was “murdered” by a white police officer last summer.
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