A prosecutor says a western Michigan sheriff's deputy won't face criminal charges for fatally shooting a man after an alteraction during a traffic stop. Allegan County Prosecutor Myrene Koch disclosed the decision in a report Friday to Michigan State Police. The prosecutor said in the report that the officer feared for his life and added the shooting of 22-year-old Joseph Nagle was “reasonable under the extreme circumstances.” It said the deputy shot Nagle once after Nagle struck the officer in the head repeatedly during a June traffic stop. Nagle was pronounced dead at the scene and a toxicology report found marijuana and cocaine in his system. The deputy wasn't identified.
In Kalamazoo, the prosecutor's office has charged Angel Hostiguin with two felonies in the death of Western Michigan University student Kaylee Gansberg.In Allegan, the prosecutor says it won't charge a sheriff's deputy who killed a man during a traffic stop in June.
A western Michigan sheriff's deputy will not face criminal charges after an altercation during a traffic stop led to the fatal shooting of a 22-year-old man in June, a county prosecutor said.