In a rare move, Los Angeles ex-deputy is charged in 2019 fatal shooting
by Sam Levin in Los Angeles from US news | The Guardian on (#5WRZH)
Andrew Lyons is facing voluntary manslaughter and assault charges for killing Ryan Twyman while he was in his car
The Los Angeles district attorney has filed manslaughter charges against a former sheriff's deputy who fatally shot an unarmed man in 2019, an extremely rare prosecution for an on-duty officer killing in the US.
Andrew Lyons, 37, is facing charges of voluntary manslaughter and two counts of assault with a semiautomatic firearm for the 6 June 2019 killing of Ryan Twyman, in Willowbrook in south LA, the district attorney's office announced on Thursday.
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