Attorney General s report on fatal shooting of Schenectady man clears officers
FacebookTwitterEmail
A view of the Schenectady Police station. (Paul Buckowski / Times Union)PAUL BUCKOWSKI/Albany Times Union
SCHENECTADY The officers who shot and killed a Schenectady man last March will not face criminal charges.
The justification for shooting Michael Wallace “could not be disproven beyond a reasonable doubt,” according to the findings of a special investigation released by the state Attorney General’s Office on Thursday.
Two officers opened fire on Wallace, 34, after he pointed a pellet gun at him while they were responding to a call at Joseph Allen Apartments in the city’s Hamilton Hill neighborhood on March 24, 2020.
AG: No charges against Schenectady police in fatal 2020 shooting | The Daily Gazette
SECTIONS
SCHENECTADY – The police shooting of a man at his apartment last year was sufficiently justified that no criminal charges are warranted, but the circumstances show the need for police to call mental health professionals in obvious mental health cases, state Attorney General Letitia James’ Office of Special Investigation concluded in a report released Thursday.
Michael Wallace, 34, was shot to death at his apartment in the Joseph Allen Apartments on Hamilton Hill on March 24, 2020, after briefing emerging from his apartment with what police believed was a gun, though it turned out to be a pellet gun.
Outlook 2021: Northern Rivers official works to make mental health services more accessible, acceptable dailygazette.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from dailygazette.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.