A grand jury declined to indict the Fairfax County officer who shot and killed Timothy McCree Johnson outside Tysons Corner Center in February.
A representative for the family of an unarmed Black man who was fatally shot by a Fairfax County officer outside Tysons Corner Center decried police on Tuesday, suggesting they were to blame for aCarl Crews, an attorney representing the family of Timothy McCree Johnson, said in a statement that Fairfax County detectives “tanked” the presentation of evidence to the panel considering whether to indict Sgt. Wesley Shifflett on charges of involuntary manslaughter and reckless discharge of a weapon.
“I convey my greatest empathy and sympathy to the Johnson family,” Kershner said. “I think everyone does, and I think my client would — nobody wanted this. But there has never been a question in my mind my client acted according to his training and according to the law.”The fatal shooting occurred Feb. 22 after Johnson was suspected of stealing a pair of sunglasses from the Nordstrom department store, authorities said.
Fairfax County Commonwealth’s Attorney Steve Descano said in a Monday statement that he told the Johnson family ahead of the grand jury’s decision that he had been anticipating an indictment. A grand jury rejecting a proposed indictment from prosecutors is rare.
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