San Antonio Officer Who Shot Unarmed to Be Fired
Source: Associated Press
A San Antonio police officer who shot and killed an unarmed man is to be fired.
In a terse statement issued Tuesday, Police Chief William McManus says Officer John Lee has been, in the chief's words, "issued a contemplated indefinite suspension for placing himself unnecessarily in a tactical situation wherein he felt compelled to use deadly force."
Police spokeswoman Romana Lopez said in an email that "an indefinite suspension is equivalent to being fired." Lopez couldn't specify a timetable for termination.
Investigators say Antronie Scott was fatally shot the night of Feb. 4 at a San Antonio apartment complex by officers trying to serve him with felony weapons and drug warrants. They say Scott was holding a cellphone, not a gun as officers feared.
Lee was a 10-year department veteran.
Read more: http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/san-antonio-officer-shot-unarmed-fired-37322929
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
SAN ANTONIO — Mar 1, 2016, 8:27 PM ET
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