A former Louisville police officer is charged in connection with the fatal shooting of a naked man. Multiple outlets report that a grand jury charges the former officer with manslaughter for the officer’s role in the shooting during an incident involving an alleged assault. The officer’s resignation occurred shortly before the charges, with one report stating the officer resigned the previous week.
According to The New York Times, the grand jury supports charges of manslaughter and reckless homicide, while declining to indict the officer for murder. Other reports similarly describe the manslaughter charge as stemming from the officer fatally shooting the man.
The accounts consistently characterize the victim as a naked man and describe the shooting as occurring while the officer was responding to a reported assault. All sources agree on the overall outcome: criminal charges are brought against the former officer, with prosecutors seeking lesser charges rather than a murder indictment.
