No criminal charges will be filed in the fatal police shooting of Amir Locke.
Highlights
- Amir Locke, a legal gun owner, was fatally shot by Minneapolis police officers in February.
- Locke was not a suspect in the crime for which the warrant was issued and was not named in the document.
- Locke’s mother: “Can you imagine knowing that you’ll never get to see your 22-year-old baby ever again?”
- Locke’s legal team says it is “deeply disappointed” by the decision.
- No criminal charges will be filed in the fatal police shooting of Locke, Hennepin County Attorney Michael Freeman and Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison say there wasn’t enough evidence to file criminal charges.
- The attorney’s office calls for a reconsideration on the use of no-knock warrants.