The Rhode Island Attorney General's Office has cleared 11 officers who played a role in killing a man who was fleeing the scene of a triple shooting. In a report released Thursday, Rhode Island Attorney General Peter Neronha said the officers' actions were “reasonable and legally justified.
FILE - A Rhode Island state trooper places an evidence marker near a vehicle with holes in the windshield, May 24, 2023, in Cranston, R.I. JOHNSTON, R.I. — Eleven police officers involved in the fatal shooting of a Rhode Island man last year have been cleared of any wrongdoing, the Rhode Island Attorney General’s Office said in a report released Thursday.
Rhode Island Attorney General Peter Neronha said the officers’ actions were “reasonable and legally justified.” The report cited that Harrison pointed a gun at police, a finding corroborated by police bodycam videos and cell phone video from an eyewitness. The report also noted officers didn’t fire until they saw Harrison brandish the gun and that a silver semiautomatic handgun was found near Harrison’s body.
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