Mushmouth
01-09-2019, 07:13 PM
Two police officers facing a wrongful death lawsuit after shooting dead a pregnant African American woman have seen the case against them dismissed.
Jason Anderson and Steven McNew, of the Seattle Police Department, shot 30-year-old Charleena Lyles seven times in her apartment in June 2017 after she called to report that an Xbox had been stolen.
Anderson and McNew say that, while in the apartment in Seattle's northeast, Lyles attacked them with at least one knife, giving them no choice but to open fire.
All seven bullets struck Lyles - hitting her in her chest, arm, hip and abdomen, including at least one bullet that hit her unborn child.
Both mother and baby were rushed to hospital where they subsequently died.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6573269/Two-cops-shot-pregnant-African-American-woman-cleared-wrongful-death.html
Jason Anderson and Steven McNew, of the Seattle Police Department, shot 30-year-old Charleena Lyles seven times in her apartment in June 2017 after she called to report that an Xbox had been stolen.
Anderson and McNew say that, while in the apartment in Seattle's northeast, Lyles attacked them with at least one knife, giving them no choice but to open fire.
All seven bullets struck Lyles - hitting her in her chest, arm, hip and abdomen, including at least one bullet that hit her unborn child.
Both mother and baby were rushed to hospital where they subsequently died.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6573269/Two-cops-shot-pregnant-African-American-woman-cleared-wrongful-death.html