Report: Officers saw different things before swatting death
April 15, 2018
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — A police officer who shot and killed an unarmed Kansas man while responding to a hoax 911 call thought the victim was reaching for a gun, although a dozen other law enforcement officers held their fire because they couldn't see a weapon or did not have a clear line of fire, according to an investigative report.
District Attorney Marc Bennett released the 42-page report after announcing last week that the unnamed officer won't face criminal charges in the Dec. 28 killing of 28-year-old Andrew Finch, The Wichita Eagle reports. Bennett said last week that the "the office...
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