No charges for Maryland officers who shot and killed Black man during chase
by Associated Press in Gaithersburg from US news | The Guardian on (#5QKNP)
- Kwamena Ocran, 24, shot dead during late-night January chase
- Grand jury declines to charge officers from Gaithersburg police
Four Maryland police officers will not be charged for fatally shooting a Black man they said fired first during a late-night foot chase in January.
No evidence was found that Kwamena Ocran, 24, fired at his pursuers. Nonetheless, a Maryland grand jury declined to charge the officers from the Gaithersburg police department - due to lack of evidence.
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