A Former Police Officer Who Fatally Shot An Unarmed Black Teen Was Found Not Guilty Of Murder
A jury has found a former East Pittsburgh police officer not guilty of murder in the 2018 killing of an unarmed black teenager.Former East Pittsburgh Police Officer Michael Rosfeld had been charged with criminal homicide in the fatal shooting of 17-year-old Antwon Rose on June 19, 2018.
Rose was attempting to flee during a traffic stop when Rosfeld opened fire, striking him three times. The teen was a passenger in a car that matched the description of a vehicle involved in an earlier drive-by shooting in a neighboring borough.After filing the homicide charge against Rosfeld last summer, Allegheny County District Attorney Stephen Zappala Jr. described the shooting as"intentional" and said he felt the court could pursue murder in the first degree.
"Antwon Rose didn’t do anything in North Braddock other than being in that vehicle," Zappala said during a press conference in June.Rosfeld provided police with inconsistent statements following the shooting, according to police records. In his initial statement, Rosfeld said that he saw"something dark" in Rose's hand that he thought could be a gun. He said it was just after that that he opened fire.
When asked to go over the sequence of events at the conclusion of his statement, Rosfeld told detectives that he did not see a gun when Rose exited the car and ran. Detectives questioned him about the inconsistencies, which is when he said he saw something in Rose's hand but he wasn't sure exactly what he was holding.Protesters hold a memorial display with a drawing of Antwon Rose in front of the court house on the first day of the trial for Michael Rosfeld.
The rookie officer had only been with the East Pittsburgh department for three weeks and was officially sworn in the day of the shooting. Rosfeld previously worked at the University of Pittsburgh Police Department.
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