GREENSBORO, N.C. (WGHP) — The trial for a former Greensboro police officer, who was indicted on manslaughter charges after a 2021 shooting, has begun.
In June of 2022, former GPD officer Matthew Hamilton was indicted for one count of manslaughter following the deadly 2021 shooting of Joseph Lopez. The day Hamilton was indicted, the Greensboro Police Department confirmed that he had been fired, and the former officer turned himself in that week.
The department also released body camera footage of the incident, showing Lopez in a shed on Cloverdale Drive. Hamilton says on camera that he thought he “saw something in Lopez’s hand.”…