D.A.: Moonlighting Cop's Shooting Of Robbery Suspect Was Justified
PITTSBURGH (KDKA/AP) - The Allegheny County District Attorney says the shooting of the suspect in a Mount Washington bank robbery last month by a moonlighting Pittsburgh police officer was justified.
District Attorney Stephen Zappala Jr. and city police Chief Cameron McLay released the new information and surveillance video at a news conference Friday morning.
According to the district attorney, the robbery suspect was shot in the back and it happened because he aimed his weapon at the officer but retreated once he saw she had a gun.
The district attorney says the officer's decision was "split-second," and called it justifiable homicide.
Allegheny County D.A. says shooting of Mt. Washington bank robber who died was justifiable. Video released of event
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The surveillance video footage shows how the shooting occurred and explains how the suspect was shot in his lower back as he spun away during the gunfire.
The incident happened Dec. 4 when 21-year-old suspect Raymone Davis was shot by the off-duty officer who was in uniform providing security for the First Niagara Bank in the city's Mount Washington neighborhood.
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The officer hasn't been publicly identified.
A customer inside the bank told the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette that the officer identified herself demanded that Davis drop the gun before he was shot.
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