Vernon E. Green II testified in court Thursday, acknowledging he fled from Newport News police officers because he had a handgun on the car’s floorboard and knew his prior criminal convictions barred him from having said firearm.
Vernon E. Green II faces a murder charge in the 2020 death of Officer Katherine “Katie” Thyne, who was trapped in the door of a fleeing vehicle as it struck a tree.
Newport News Police Officer Katie Thyne was killed in the line of duty in Jan. 2020. On Tuesday, jury selection began in the trial for the man accused of her death, Vernon Green.