A full toxicology and autopsy report wasn't readily available at the time of reporting, according to KOCO.
The Tulsa County District Attorney's office said that Shelby acted "unreasonably by escalating the situation from a confrontation," and became "emotionally involved," according to an affidavit obtained by ABC News.
America’s police departments need to be overhauled to halt the unchecked power of officers to shoot and kill Blacks.
Tulsa police officer Betty Shelby has been charged with first degree felony manslaughter according to Tulsa County District Attorney Steve Kunzweiler. Officer Shelby fatally shot 40-year-old Terence Crutcher on a Tulsa Highway. District Attorney Steve Kunzweiler told reporters “We reviewed the facts of the allegations, it is our responsibility to determine if the filing of […]
Sherman's comments on Wednesday are starkly different from previous comments he made in July 2016, when he doubled down on previous "all lives matter" comments in response to the rally cry, "Black Lives Matter."
Comedian and co-host Sheryl Underwood gave a passionate response to the shooting death of Terence Crutcher, after dash cam video showed the Tulsa, Oklahoma man complying with his hands up before he was shot down by police.
The Justice Department is investigating the Tulsa police shooting of an unarmed Black man. They are looking into a possible civil rights violation.
Tulsa police claim Terence Crutcher was on PCP, had a vial of the drug in his car, and the officer who shot him meant to pull her taser.
A community takes to the streets in protest after another fatal police shooting.
As two separate investigations continue, led by the Justice Department and the Tulsa County District Attorney's office, more details emerge regarding Crutcher and Betty Shelby, the officer who fatally shot Crutcher in the middle of the road as he walked with his hands up towards his SUV.
