Logan,” according to a report released Friday by Hertel. O’Neill was justified based upon the threat and imminent danger presented by the sharp-edged knife in the right hand of Mr.

Hertel said during a news conference that evidence showed Logan approached O’Neill with a knife and the officer feared for his safety when he fired two shots, one of which struck Logan in the upper abdomen. Ryan O’Neill’s fatal June 16 shooting of 54-year-old Eric Logan, who O’Neill said had refused his orders to drop a knife while the officer was investigating a report of a person breaking into cars. Special prosecutor Ric Hertel was appointed to lead an investigation into Sgt. (AP) - A special prosecutor announced Friday that a white former South Bend police officer was justified in the fatal shooting of an African American man last summer and that he won’t be charged in the killing that roiled then-Mayor Pete Buttigieg’s presidential campaign. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated.

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