Alexander Lamorie’s family says officers were “completely unprepared” after investigators declined charges in the shooting, in which police fired 12 shots
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- Maryland prosecutors declined to charge three Howard County police officers in the March 1 fatal shooting of 25-year-old Alexander Lamorie, a man with autism
- Investigators concluded officers acted lawfully after Lamorie approached them with a knife, with the report stating police fired 12 shots during the encounter
- Lamorie’s family said officers were “completely unprepared” for the mental health crisis and argued the shooting was preventable
Maryland prosecutors will not bring criminal charges against three police officers who fatally shot a man with autism after he called 911.
Maryland Attorney General Anthony G. Brown announced Tuesday that his office would not prosecute Howard County Police Officers Cody Bostic and Joel Rodriguez and Pfc. Joseph Riebau for the March 1 shooting death of Alexander Lamorie, concluding investigators could not prove beyond a reasonable doubt that the officers committed a crime under Maryland law.
The statement comes after the July 1 release of a report on the shooting by the Attorney General’s Independent Investigations Division. Lamorie’s family says the report shows the officers were “completely unprepared” to deal with the 25-year-old’s mental health crisis…