TULSA, Okla. — The Latest on the death of an unarmed black man who was fatally shot by a white police officer in Tulsa, Oklahoma (all times local):
3:45 p.m.
A prosecutor in Tulsa, Oklahoma, says arrangements are being made for the surrender of a white police officer who fatally shot an unarmed black man on a city street.
Tulsa County District Attorney Steve Kunzweiler filed a first-degree manslaughter charge Thursday against officer Betty Shelby, who shot and killed 40-year-old Terence Crutcher on Sept. 16. Dashcam and aerial footage of the shooting and its aftermath showed Crutcher walking away from Shelby with his arms in the air.
The footage does not offer a clear view of when Shelby fired the single shot that killed Crutcher. Her attorney has said Crutcher was not following police commands and that Shelby opened fire when the man began to reach into his SUV window.
Tulsa police say Crutcher did not have a gun on him or in his vehicle.
Crutcher had recently served nearly 10 years after a drug trafficking conviction and was found with a vile of PCP in his vehicle.
The Assocated Press Contributed to this report
*vial
Not “vile”
Perhaps it was a vile vial?
Betty Shelby, the police officer who shot that man was not immotionally capable to handle this situation. She should have been home cooking dinner.