Anthony Hill shooting: DA Plans to Charge Officer Who Shot Naked Man

[Eugene]

Source: Associated Press

DA Plans to Charge Officer Who Shot Naked Man

By KATE BRUMBACK, ASSOCIATED PRESS
DECATUR, Ga. — Jan 7, 2016, 11:29 AM ET

An Atlanta-area prosecutor said Thursday he plans to ask for an indictment of a police officer who fatally shot an unarmed naked man last year.

DeKalb District Attorney Robert James said he would ask a grand jury to indict Officer Robert Olsen of the DeKalb County Police Department, accused of shooting Anthony Hill on March 9 while responding to a call of a man behaving erratically outside a suburban Atlanta apartment complex.

The family of the 27-year-old Hill says he was a U.S. Air Force veteran who struggled with mental health problems.

The DeKalb County Police Department said it was not able to comment on an ongoing investigation. A phone number for Olsen could not immediately be found, and it wasn't immediately clear whether he had a lawyer who could comment on the charges.

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[drray23]

1. Its going to be hard for this cop

to use the standard, "i feared for my life, I thought he went for a weapon" if the guy was stark naked.