Tag: shoplifting
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Ex-Virginia officer who killed shoplifting suspect acquitted of manslaughter, guilty of firearm charge
FAIRFAX, Va. — A jury on Friday acquitted a former police officer in Virginia of involuntary manslaughter after he fatally shot a shoplifting suspect outside a busy shopping mall. But the jury did convict the former police sergeant, Wesley Shifflett, of reckless handling of a firearm in connection with the shooting. Prosecutors argued that Shifflett,…