/ Surveillance video released by the Mecklenburg County District Attorney s Office shows U.S. Marshals Service task force members trying to arrest Frankie Jennings in his car just before Jennings was shot to death on March 23.
No charges will be filed against the deputy U.S. marshal who shot and killed Frankie Jennings in east Charlotte in March, Mecklenburg County’s district attorney said Tuesday.
District Attorney Spencer Merriweather wrote that officer Eric Tillman was “reasonable in his belief that he and other officers faced an imminent threat of great bodily harm or death” when Tillman opened fire on 32-year-old Jennings on March 23.
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No charges will be filed against the U.S. Marshal who shot and killed Frankie Jennings at a gas station on The Plaza in March, according to the Mecklenburg County District Attorney Spencer Merriweather III.
Merriweather also claimed that Senior Inspector Eric Tillman feared for his life when he shot Jennings.
Authorities were attempting to serve 16 outstanding warrants on Jennings, according to the report.
Officials say Jennings was accused of assaulting police officers at Carolina Beach the day before the shooting by dragging the officers from his vehicle.
The outstanding warrants were for the charges related to the Carolina Beach incident, two warrants for possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, assault on a female, charges related to an incident in which Jennings was accused of shooting into a vehicle, and several other minor warrants, according to the report.
CMPD: Case of man fatally shot by US Marshal on birthday handed over to district attorneyâs office Back in late March, CMPD wasnât ready to disclose all of the details or evidence that led to the broad daylight fatal shooting of Frankie Jennings outside of a gas station near Parkwood Avenue and The Plaza in east Charlotte on his 32nd birthday. (Source: WBTV) By WBTV Web Staff | May 6, 2021 at 7:54 PM EDT - Updated May 6 at 8:21 PM
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (WBTV) - The case of a man who was shot and killed by a US Marshal on his birthday in Charlotte has been handed over to the district attorneyâs office.
An Onslow man, who fled the superior courthouse after the jury reached their verdict in his trial, was arrested in Maryland early Tuesday morning and is awaiting extradition back to the county.
In early April, Derek Brandon Stokes , 34, trial was held in Onslow County Superior Court. Stokes, who was not in custody and out on bond pending his trial, was waiting in the hallway of the courthouse for the jury to return its verdict in his trial.
Officials reported on April 9 when Stokes was informed the jury had reached a verdict, he ran out of the courthouse and fled the area. In his absence, the jury’s verdict was announced, finding Stokes guilty of all counts including 3 counts of disclosure of private images, 3 counts of disseminating obscenity, and 3 counts of being a habitual felon with sentencing pending further court action.