Prosecutors charged a former Milwaukee police officer on Thursday with homicide in the fatal shooting of a Black man in August that set off a riot, the Washington Post reports.
Milwaukee County District Attorney John Chisholm alleges that video evidence shows that Sylville Smith threw away his weapon and was on the ground when Dominique Heaggan-Brown shot him in the chest.
Heaggan-Brown, who is also Black, faces up to 60 years in prison if convicted on the first-degree reckless homicide charge.
A special agent with the state’s Department of Justice investigated the shooting and based much of his report on body camera footage.
According to the criminal complaint, the video shows Smith, 23, throwing his gun over a fence between two houses when confronted by the police. Heaggan-Brown, 24, fired a single shot while Smith was tossing the gun, hitting him in the right biceps.
Smith fell to the ground, and Heaggan-Brown fired a second shot two seconds after the first shot, hitting him in the chest.
Heaggan-Brown claimed in an interview with investigators that he shot Smith the second time because he reached toward his waist. However, the footage shows that Smith was unarmed and had his hands near his head at the time of the second shot, the complaint states.
Days later, during the rioting, a man contacted the police and accused Heaggan-Brown of rape.
After investigating the allegation, the police arrested Heaggan-Brown in October and charged him with sexually assaulting two incapacitated men, taking nude photos of unsuspecting victims and trying to pay for sex.
Prosecutors charged him with second-degree sexual assault, as well as two counts of soliciting prostitution. The Milwaukee Police Department fired him after that arrest.
SOURCE: Washington Post
SEE ALSO:
Will Milwaukee Police Shooting Video Ease Tensions Or Ignite A Powder Keg?
Police Misconduct Prompts Detroit Pastors To Warn Blacks To Avoid Suburb
46 Black Men And Boys Killed By Police
46 Black Men And Boys Killed By Police
1. Antwon Rose Jr., 17
1 of 462. Robert Lawrence White, 41
2 of 463. Anthony Lamar Smith, 24
Source:Getty
3 of 46
4. Ramarley Graham, 18
Source:Getty
4 of 46
5. Manuel Loggins Jr., 31
Source:Getty
5 of 46
6. Trayvon Martin, 17
Source:Getty
6 of 46
7. Wendell Allen, 20
Source:Getty
7 of 46
8. Kendrec McDade, 19
Source:Getty
8 of 46
9. Larry Jackson Jr., 32
Source:Getty
9 of 46
10. Jonathan Ferrell, 24
Source:Getty
10 of 46
11. Jordan Baker, 26
Source:Getty
11 of 46
12. Victor White lll, 22
Source:Getty
12 of 46
13. Dontre Hamilton, 31
Source:Getty
13 of 46
14. Eric Garner, 43
Source:Getty
14 of 46
15. John Crawford lll, 22
Source:Getty
15 of 46
16. Michael Brown, 18
Source:Getty
16 of 46
17. Ezell Ford, 25
Source:Getty
17 of 46
18. Dante Parker, 36
Source:Getty
18 of 46
19. Kajieme Powell, 25
Source:Getty
19 of 46
20. Laquan McDonald, 17
Source:Getty
20 of 46
21. Akai Gurley, 28
Source:Getty
21 of 46
22. Tamir Rice, 12
Source:Getty
22 of 46
23. Rumain Brisbon, 34
Source:Getty
23 of 46
24. Jerame Reid, 36
Source:Getty
24 of 46
25. Charly Keunang, 43
Source:Getty
25 of 46
26. Tony Robinson, 19
Source:Getty
26 of 46
27. Walter Scott, 50
Source:Getty
27 of 46
28. Freddie Gray, 25
Source:Getty
28 of 46
29. Brendon Glenn, 29
Source:Getty
29 of 46
30. Samuel DuBose, 43
Source:Getty
30 of 46
31. Christian Taylor, 19
Source:Getty
31 of 46
32. Jamar Clark, 24
Source:Getty
32 of 46
33. Mario Woods, 26
Source:Getty
33 of 46
34. Quintonio LeGrier, 19
Source:Getty
34 of 46
35. Gregory Gunn, 58
Source:Getty
35 of 46
36. Akiel Denkins, 24
Source:Getty
36 of 46
37. Alton Sterling, 37
Source:Getty
37 of 46
38. Philando Castile, 32
Source:Getty
38 of 46
39. Terrence Sterling, 31
Source:Getty
39 of 46
40. Terence Crutcher, 40
Source:Getty
40 of 46
41. Keith Lamont Scott, 43
Source:Getty
41 of 46
42. Alfred Olango, 38
Source:Getty
42 of 46
43. Jordan Edwards, 15
Source:Getty
43 of 46
44. Stephon Clark, 22
44 of 4645. Danny Ray Thomas, 34
45 of 4646. DeJuan Guillory, 27
46 of 46
Continue reading 46 Black Men And Boys Killed By Police
46 Black Men And Boys Killed By Police
Prosecutor Charges Ex-Milwaukee Cop Who Fatally Shot Sylville Smith With Homicide was originally published on newsone.com
