A Baltimore County police officer who shot and killed an unarmed motorist in November was quickly cleared by prosecutors and returned to duty three weeks later.
Maryland - A Baltimore County police officer who shot and killed an unarmed motorist in November was quickly cleared by prosecutors and returned to duty three weeks later, Baltimore County police disclosed last week, much to the surprise of the dead man's mother, who had called 911 seeking help for her son.
"I want to report that my son just left the house, and he's out there driving drunk," Catherine Sopp told the call-taker. "And I'm afraid, and he threatened to commit suicide." The mother said that her son had put an ice pick to his neck, but it was now "in the drawer . . . He plans on either drinking himself to death or going out and getting some drugs and taking himself off that way.""He does," Catherine Sopp said of her son.
Both officers yelled, "Don't get out of the car!" As Sopp emerged from the car, the video shows Page firing eight shots, four as Sopp is turned away and falling. The other officer is not shown firing any shots. Sopp did not have a weapon on him. Police would not say whether there was a weapon in the car. Sopp was pronounced dead at the scene. Both Sopp and Page are white.
Shellenberger declined to comment about the video Friday. He said his office moved quickly on its ruling because "we take these cases very seriously. We think that the police officer, the unfortunate family of the victim and the public have a right to a quick response of our legal analysis." Most prosecutors' rulings on police shootings take much longer. The November 2017 slaying of unarmed motorist Bijan Ghaisar by two U.S.
Catherine Sopp has hired attorneys who are investigating the case, and who disputed the prosecutors' findings. "Eric Sopp was unarmed, suicidal, and in need of help," said Chelsea Crawford, one of the lawyers. "Mr.
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