ROBERT SORRELL
Bristol Herald Courier
A Bristol, Virginia, police officer has been indicted on a charge of murder in an officer-involved shooting that killed a man in a motel parking lot in March â marking the first time a Twin City officer has been charged with murder in more than 100 years.
On Monday, a grand jury in Bristol handed down three indictments â murder, use of a firearm in the commission of a felony and shooting into an occupied vehicle â against Officer Johnathan R. Brown, 31, of Piney Flats, Tennessee.
Roanoke Commonwealthâs Attorney Donald Caldwell has been named special prosecutor in the case.