Alabama: former police officer given 25-year sentence for shooting suicidal man
by Associated Press in Huntsville from US news | The Guardian on (#5NKMC)
- Ben Darby killed Jeffrey Parker in 2018 after 911 call
- Ex-officer pleads for leniency but given heavy sentence
A judge has sentenced a former Alabama police officer to 25 years in prison for the shooting death of a suicidal man who was holding a gun to his own head.
Former Huntsville police officer William Ben" Darby was convicted in May of killing Jeffrey Parker in 2018. Darby shot Parker while responding to a call after the man phoned 911 saying he was armed and planned to kill himself.
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