New Docs Outline Decision Not To Charge MPD Officer In Amir Locke's Death
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) -- Prosecutors have decided there will be no charges filed in the Amir Locke shooting case. Locke was shot and killed by police in February as they raided a downtown apartment.
Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison and Hennepin County Attorney Mike Freeman say there was "insufficient admissible evidence" to file criminal charges.
The two held a news conference explaining why they are not filing charges in the no-knock warrant fatal shooting of Locke. Ellison called it a "heartbreaking situation."
Ellison and Freeman said they were bound by judicial standards to not file charges they can not prove. The no-knock warrant said investigators believed that people in the apartment had weapons that had armor-piercing capabilities.
On Wednesday, Ellison called for reviews of policies surrounding no-knock warrants.
Both met with the Locke family before announcing their decision not to pursue charges, and on Wednesday morning, the county attorney's website featured new documents surrounding the case.
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In an unusual move, Freeman and Ellison hired an independent outside expert -- attorney and former Rhode Island police officer Jack Ryan -- to review the case, and he came up with the same conclusion.
