Prosecutor files charge in police shooting of black man
Source: Associated Press
Jonathan Mattise, Associated Press
Updated 3:59 pm CDT, Thursday, September 27, 2018
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A prosecutor secured a warrant Thursday charging a white Tennessee police officer with criminal homicide after surveillance footage appeared to show him chasing a black man and opening fire as the man fled from the officer in July.
In a related development, an affidavit released Thursday says the officer had been pursuing a car that he mistook for another, and wasn't sure the man he killed was connected to either vehicle.
Nashville District Attorney Glenn Funk said in a statement that he requested a warrant to charge officer Andrew Delke in the death of 25-year-old Daniel Hambrick. A General Sessions judge found probable cause and signed Delke's arrest warrant Thursday after a magistrate judge ruled earlier Thursday that there wasn't enough evidence, The Tennessean reported .
The incident reignited questions about policing of Nashville's black community last month when the surveillance video from a nearby school was released. The tape shows that the 25-year-old officer chased and shot Hambrick on July 26 as Hambrick ran away on a sidewalk near an apartment complex.
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