City doesn't want to keep paying leave to cop who shot teen
Source: Associated Press
City doesn't want to keep paying leave to cop who shot teen
Jeffrey Collins, Associated Press
Updated 4:30 pm, Thursday, September 8, 2016
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A South Carolina city is firing one of its police officers because after 13 months it no longer wants to pay him to be on administrative leave as he is investigated for shooting an unarmed teen, according to the officer's personnel file.
The short note added to Seneca police Lt. Mark Tiller's file points out that even though a state prosecutor didn't file criminal charges in Tiller's shooting of Zachary Hammond as he tried to drive away during a drug sting, an investigation by federal officials continues.
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Tiller was in uniform helping an undercover officer who arranged to buy drugs from a passenger in Hammond's car in a fast food restaurant parking lot in July 2015. When Tiller moved to arrest Hammond and his passenger, the teen started to drive off.
Tiller said he shot at the moving car because Hammond was about to run him over and he feared for his life. But video from his patrol car showed him move toward Hammond's car, grab the front fender and fire his gun after the car moved past.
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