An officer was acquitted of involuntary manslaughter in Virginia after he was accused of killing an unarmed man who police said shoplifted sunglasses. The officer was, however, convicted on a charge ...

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Wesley Shifflett is charged with involuntary manslaughter and reckless discharge of a weapon in the killing of 37-year-old Timothy McCree Johnson near a busy shopping mall on Feb. 22, 2023.

Prosecutors argued that Shifflett, then a sergeant with Fairfax County Police, acted recklessly when he shot and killed an ...

Caleb Kershner, Shifflett’s attorney, blasted Descano’s decision to impanel a special grand jury and the subsequent indictment. “Few people understand what it’s like to have a gun pulled ...

A jury on Friday acquitted a former police officer in Virginia of involuntary manslaughter after he fatally shot a ...

FAIRFAX, Va. (AP) — A jury began deliberations Thursday on whether a former police officer who fatally shot a shoplifting ...

Former Sgt. Wesley Shifflett was found guilty on a weapons charge for killing unarmed 37-year-old Timothy Johnson.

A former Virginia police officer, Wesley Shifflett, was acquitted of involuntary manslaughter but convicted of reckless ...

A jury has found former Fairfax County police sergeant Wesley Shifflett not guilty of involuntary manslaughter but guilty of ...