One Virginia officer was fired and another placed on restrictive duty after Timothy Johnson was fatally shot after allegedly shoplifting sunglasses.
One Virginia officer was fired and another placed on restrictive duty after Timothy Johnson, 37, was fatally shot after allegedly shoplifting a pair of sunglasses last month.A northern Virginia police officer was fired Thursday after fatally shooting a man last month who had allegedly stolen two pairs of sunglasses from a busy shopping mall. Police also released video of the deadly encounter.
The officer who was fired, Sgt. Wesley Shifflett, exhibited "a failure to live up to the expectations of our agency, in particular use of force policies," Davis said. The video itself shows a nighttime chase that lasted less than two minutes, with the officers running after him out of the mall, through a parking garage, across a street and into a wooded area. In a slow-motion version of the video that police played at Thursday's press conference, it sounds as though two shots were fired after an officer yelled "get on the ground" but just before shouting "stop reaching." A third shot is also heard.
"More often than not the police body camera footage speaks for itself," Davis said. "This time, it does not." Johnson's family was shown the video on Wednesday, a day ahead of it public release. After viewing it, family attorney Carl Crews called Johnson's death "an execution by a Fairfax County police officer.""The administrative separation of the officer by Chief Davis corroborates what I saw in footage which was several violations of police procedures. However, Justice for Timothy continues no one has been charged with his murder," he said.
At Thursday's press conference, Davis apologized for how he characterized Johnson the night of the shooting. He said he was trying to anticipate reporters' questions about whether Johnson had a criminal history.Davis said the agency has gone back through eight years of records, and this is the only time officers fired shots at a suspect during a foot chase.
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