Former Milwaukee police officer Dominique Heaggan-Brown has been charged with first-degree reckless homicide in the fatal shooting of a black man. (Reuters)A former Milwaukee police officer who fatally shot a man last year, setting off violent unrest in the city, was acquitted by a jury Wednesday. Dominique Heaggan-Brown, the former officer, was charged with homicide late last year for shooting Sylville K. Smith, who fled from a traffic stop in August. [Minn. officer acquitted in shooting of Philando Castile during traffic stop, dismissed from police force]While Smith was lifting the gun, Heaggan-Brown fired the first shot, hitting Smith in the arm, the complaint said. After that shot, Smith fell, and less than two seconds later, Heaggan-Brown fired again, striking him in the chest.

Source: Washington Post June 21, 2017 20:22 UTC