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Partner of N.Y. police officer convicted in shooting is fired
Source: Reuters
World | Fri Feb 12, 2016 5:50pm EST
Partner of N.Y. police officer convicted in shooting is fired
NEW YORK | BY JOSEPH AX
A New York City police officer was fired on Friday less than 24 hours after his partner was found guilty at trial for the 2014 inadvertent fatal shooting of an unarmed black man.
The terminated officer, Shaun Landau, had testified for the prosecution during the trial of his partner, Peter Liang, who was convicted of manslaughter and official misconduct in Brooklyn on Thursday.
Liang fired his gun in a darkened public housing stairwell on Nov. 20, 2014 as the two officers began a so-called "vertical patrol." The bullet ricocheted off a wall and struck Akai Gurley, 28, who had been walking one floor below with his girlfriend.
Neither officer offered medical assistance to Gurley once they realized he had been hit by the shot. Both testified that they felt unqualified to do so because of poor CPR training at the police academy.
Landau avoided criminal charges by agreeing to testify under an immunity agreement. The police department said he had been fired at the discretion of Commissioner Bill Bratton.
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Partner of N.Y. police officer convicted in shooting is fired
NEW YORK | BY JOSEPH AX
A New York City police officer was fired on Friday less than 24 hours after his partner was found guilty at trial for the 2014 inadvertent fatal shooting of an unarmed black man.
The terminated officer, Shaun Landau, had testified for the prosecution during the trial of his partner, Peter Liang, who was convicted of manslaughter and official misconduct in Brooklyn on Thursday.
Liang fired his gun in a darkened public housing stairwell on Nov. 20, 2014 as the two officers began a so-called "vertical patrol." The bullet ricocheted off a wall and struck Akai Gurley, 28, who had been walking one floor below with his girlfriend.
Neither officer offered medical assistance to Gurley once they realized he had been hit by the shot. Both testified that they felt unqualified to do so because of poor CPR training at the police academy.
Landau avoided criminal charges by agreeing to testify under an immunity agreement. The police department said he had been fired at the discretion of Commissioner Bill Bratton.
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Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/us-new-york-police-idUSKCN0VL2JM
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