Document details Cleveland officer firing at unarmed suspects

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CLEVELAND (AP) — A new document filed by prosecutors says a Cleveland police officer climbed on the hood
of a car and fired 15 shots at the driver and passenger from less than 5 feet away — after they were no
longer a threat.
That information was contained in a document filed Thursday by Cuyahoga County Prosecutor Timothy McGinty
in the November 2012 police chase that involved 62 cruisers and ended with the two unarmed suspects
dead.
The (Cleveland) Plain Dealer (http://bit.ly/Ukt4nk ) reports that, according to McGinty, the shooting had
stopped for more than 4 seconds when Officer Michael Brelo climbed onto the hood and fired into the car
after a chase that had “escalated to ‘Blues Brothers’ proportions.”
The 30-year-old Brelo has pleaded not guilty to charges of voluntary manslaughter.

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