“You want lethal or non?” Friscarella said. On Tuesday, Ziccarelli’s spokeswoman, Melanie Jones, said the district attorney’s office was not part of the decision by the township to release the video.Įditor’s note: Video shows Saunders coming out of the house and being shot by police officers.Īs Hall and Friscarella walked up the steps of the home on Gravel Hill Road, Friscarella asked Hall about what weapon to use. Ziccarelli indicated her finding was based on a review of videos from the scene, witness interviews and other evidence. Ziccarelli ruled July 21 that the officers’ use of deadly force was justified because “an immediate and imminent threat was posed to responding police officers who were prepared to use their own resources to protect themselves and the lives of those around them.” Westmoreland County District Attorney Nicole W. Ligonier Valley police Chief Mike Matrunics, who identified the officers as Ryan Hall and James Friscarella, said Tuesday that “the video speaks for itself.” He had no further comment. The police department released the body cam footage of the confrontation in Ligonier Township to the Trib as a result of an open records request. The man, Robbie Thomas Saunders, 59, died later July 2 at Conemaugh Memorial Hospital in Johnstown. Ligonier Valley police officers who responded to a domestic call fired a stun gun and a handgun nearly simultaneously when confronted last month by a man wielding a machete, body camera footage obtained by the Tribune-Review shows.
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |
AuthorWrite something about yourself. No need to be fancy, just an overview. ArchivesCategories |