Howard County State s Attorney Rich Gibson Jr.’s office, which reviewed the case and presented evidence to a grand jury, said in a 17-page report that the unidentified officer was justified in using deadly force.
Members of a tactical unit were serving the no-knock search warrant at the Lemp family’s home about 4:30 a.m. on March 12 when the officer fired five shots through a shattered window from outside, hitting Lemp all five times.
Family attorney Rene Sandler said the report reveals that no body camera videos captured the shooting. She also noted that prosecutors concluded there was no evidence of any crossfire or that Lemp’s gun had been fired.
FILE – This 2019 photo shows Duncan Lemp in Venice, Italy. Maryland prosecutors aren’t charging any police officers in the shooting death of Duncan Lemp, whose family says he was sleeping in his bed next to his girlfriend when police opened fire. Family attorney Rene Sandler told The Associated Press that Howard County State’s Attorney Rich Gibson Jr. informed the parents and girlfriend of 21-year-old Duncan Lemp of the decision Thursday, Dec. 31, 2020. (Mercedes Lemp via AP) AP/Mercedes Lemp FILE – Matt Lemp, left, and his wife Mercedes Lemp pose for The Associated Press in their home, Friday, Oct. 16, 2020, in Frederick, Md. Maryland prosecutors aren’t charging any police officers in the shooting death of Duncan Lemp, whose family says he was sleeping in his bed next to his girlfriend when police opened fire. Family attorney Rene Sandler told The Ass
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FILE - Matt Lemp, left, and his wife Mercedes Lemp pose for The Associated Press in their home, Friday, Oct. 16, 2020, in Frederick, Md. Maryland prosecutors aren t charging any police officers in the shooting death of Duncan Lemp, whose family says he was sleeping in his bed next to his girlfriend when police opened fire. Family attorney Rene Sandler told The Associated Press that Howard County Stateâs Attorney Rich Gibson Jr. informed the parents and girlfriend of 21-year-old Duncan Lemp of the decision Thursday, Dec. 31, 2020. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez) December 31, 2020 - 1:11 PM
COLLEGE PARK, Md. - Maryland prosecutors on Thursday ruled out criminal charges against a police officer who fatally shot a man during a tactical team s predawn, no-knock raid on his family s home, a killing that galvanized a loose network of anti-government extremists this year.
No charges for police in the death of boogaloo movement martyr
By Associated Press
COLLEGE PARK, Md. (AP) - Maryland prosecutors have ruled out criminal charges against any police officers in the shooting death of a man whose family says he was sleeping in his bed next to his girlfriend when police opened fire, an attorney for the family said Thursday.
Howard County State’s Attorney Rich Gibson Jr. informed the parents and girlfriend of 21-year-old Duncan Socrates Lemp of the decision during a meeting conducted remotely, family attorney Rene Sandler told The Associated Press.
Gibson’s office concluded that police in neighboring Montgomery County were justified in using deadly force against Lemp, Sandler said. Members of a tactical unit were serving a no-knock search warrant at the Lemp family’s home about 4:30 a.m. on March 12 when an officer fatally shot him.
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