Manslaughter charges dropped against 7 Oklahoma police officers
Manslaughter charges against seven Oklahoma police officers involved in three fatal shootings have been dropped, officials announced on Friday. Manslaughter charges against seven Oklahoma police officers involved in three fatal shootings have been dropped, officials announced on Friday. All of the incidents occurred in 2020. In one of the cases, five officers had been charged in the deadly shooting of a 15-year-old robbery suspect. Oklahoma County District Attorney Vicki Behenna said her office has decided to dismiss the charges after a team of attorneys spent "hundreds of hours" reviewing the cases. "This is not just a quick spur-of-the-moment decision. This was a very difficult, very fact-intensive decision and review," Behenna told reporters during a press briefing. One of the shootings occurred in The Village, Oklahoma, in July 2020. Cpl. Chance Avery, an officer with the Village Police Department, was charge d with first-degree manslaughter and second-degree ...