Prosecutor to re-examine case of man killed by deputy

 

October 11, 2019



KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — A Missouri prosecutor said her office will re-examine the 2017 fatal shooting of a suspected shoplifter by a Kansas City-area sheriff's deputy after the same deputy was charged with shooting a scooter rider in the back while trying to arrest her.

Jackson County Prosecutor Jean Peters Bake's decision on Thursday — a reversal from a statement her office released a day earlier — comes amid public demands by the dead man's family. In both shootings, Jackson County Sheriff's Deputy Lauren Michael said she fired during struggles over her stun gun.

Donald Sneed Jr. said 29-yea...



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