Pulaski County Prosecutor Larry Jegley said that Officer Charles Starks won’t face charges in the Feb. 22 shooting of Bradley Blackshire, who was black. Police said Starks, who is white, was responding to a call after a detective confirmed the car Blackshire was driving was stolen. He stops shooting and gets off the car after a second officer, Michael Simpson, arrives and crashes into Blackshire’s vehicle. Ammunition cartridges were found in Blackshire’s pockets and a loaded .45-calibre handgun was found in the car after the shooting, Jegley wrote. The shooting has prompted some protests in Little Rock, where the police department already faced questions about its use of no-knock warrants.

Source: National Post April 19, 2019 22:48 UTC