COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A judge in central Ohio cited
procedural problems in dismissing a wrongful-death lawsuit against two
police officers involved in the 2011 fatal shooting of a suspect.
Franklin
County Common Pleas Judge Stephen McIntosh ruled this week that the
two-year statute of limitations had expired on the complaint because of
procedural errors by the attorneys for dead suspect’s estate.
The Columbus Dispatch (http://bit.ly/NzrABK )
reports that the attorney for Obbie Shepard’s estate says he will appeal the judge’s decision.
The
Columbus officers had chased the 21-year-old Shepard on foot after
responding to a report of a stolen bicycle. One of the officers told
investigators that he shot Shepard between two houses after Shepard
reached into his waistband.
Officers found a handgun in a backyard along the path Shepard had run.
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Information from: The Columbus Dispatch, http://www.dispatch.com
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A judge in central Ohio cited
procedural problems in dismissing a wrongful-death lawsuit against two
police officers involved in the 2011 fatal shooting of a suspect.
Franklin
County Common Pleas Judge Stephen McIntosh ruled this week that the
two-year statute of limitations had expired on the complaint because of
procedural errors by the attorneys for dead suspect’s estate.
The Columbus Dispatch (http://bit.ly/NzrABK )
reports that the attorney for Obbie Shepard’s estate says he will appeal the judge’s decision.
The
Columbus officers had chased the 21-year-old Shepard on foot after
responding to a report of a stolen bicycle. One of the officers told
investigators that he shot Shepard between two houses after Shepard
reached into his waistband.
Officers found a handgun in a backyard along the path Shepard had run.
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Information from: The Columbus Dispatch, http://www.dispatch.com
Copyright 2014 The Associated Press. All rights
reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or
redistributed.