Prosecutor clears Wagoner police officer in deadly shooting

The Associated Press and Muskogee Phoenix - December 30, 2018 8:26 am

(Information from: Muskogee Phoenix, http://www.muskogeephoenix.com)
WAGONER, Okla. (AP) – An Oklahoma district attorney has cleared a Wagoner police officer in the deadly shooting of a man who acted erratically after a traffic stop last month.
The Muskogee Phoenix reports District Attorney Jack Thorp ruled the November 11th shooting of 52-year-old Elisha Edward Kelley was a justified use of deadly force by Wagoner police officer Buddy Rose.
In a letter to investigators with the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation, Thorp wrote that Rose fired only after a series of erratic and aggressive behaviors by Kelley. Thorp says Kelley refused the officer’s commands to show his hands, hiding what turned out to be a green tape measure in his left hand.
Thorp says Kelley’s son who was in the vehicle confirmed his father appeared to be a threat to the officer.

 

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