Report says CLE officer who shot, killed Tamir Rice hired by WV departments

The former Cleveland police officer who shot and killed 12-year-old Tamir Rice in 2014 has been hired by two different West Virginia police departments, according to a report by a nonprofit news organization.

Dragline, which is affiliated with the American Civil Liberties Union in West Virginia, said public records show Timothy Loehmann was hired to work part-time at the Snowshoe Resort Community District in June and was hired as an officer by the Gilmer County Sheriff’s Office in August.

Loehmann shot Rice within a few seconds of stepping out of his cruiser after he and his partner, Officer Frank Garmback, responded to a call about a person with a gun at the Cudell Recreation Center…

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