The report discusses potential charges against deputies, but stops short of making recommendations about whether any charges were appropriate.
Moments before fatally shooting John Raymond Fauver, a Harford County sheriff’s deputy yelled about what Fauver held in his hands: “It’s a cane! It’s a cane! It’s a cane!”
A spokeswoman for Gahler declined to comment Monday on the state report. A lawyer for Fauver’s wife and estate says the report shows charges could and should have been filed.“Obviously [Fauver’s wife] is not going to get her husband back, but our goal is to see that change is made here,” said the lawyer, Cary Hansel. “What I see again and again are really cultural attitudes within police departments that … are really the root causes of inappropriate and unconstitutional uses of force like this.
A deputy on a video chat via phone with Fauver asked him if a long silver tube he’d reached for was a cane or rifle. Fauver replied, “AR-15, hollow point. Ready to go, brother,” according to the report. “It did not appear Sgt. Sives received any response to this inquiry, and no officers on scene indicated that they had long distance less-lethal weapons or can be seen on any camera footage with such weapons,” the report says.
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