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OKLAHOMA CITY Five Oklahoma City police officers were charged Wednesday with first-degree manslaughter in last November's fatal shooting of a 15-year-old teen involved in a robbery. Stavian Rodriguez was shot by officers responding to reports of an attempted armed robbery at an Oklahoma City con ....
The officers charged are: Bethany Sears, Jared Barton, Corey Adams, John Skuta and Brad Pemberton. A sixth officer, Sarah Carli, used a “less-lethal” weapon and will not be charged, police said. After being shot with the “less-lethal round, while Rodriguez had one hand in his pocket and his other hand near his waistline, all five officers “unnecessarily fire lethal rounds at Stavian Rodriguez, striking him numerous times and inflicting mortal wounds, Prater s investigator, Willard Paige, wrote in an affidavit. An autopsy determined Rodriguez suffered 13 gunshot wounds, Paige wrote. It was not immediately clear whether any of the officers had attorneys who could speak on their behalf, but John George, president of the Oklahoma City Fraternal Order of Police, defended their actions. ....