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DA: Deadly force authorized, no criminal charges in fatal officer-involved shooting

Posted at 4:32 pm April 23, 2018
By John Huotari Leave a Comment

Roger Raymond York Jr.

Roger Raymond York Jr.

 

A Clinton Police Department officer was authorized to use deadly force against an armed, wanted man who did not comply with officers and fired a shot from a semi-automatic pistol during a struggle with police on November 8, and there will be no criminal charges filed against the three officers involved in the fatal shooting, Anderson County District Attorney General Dave Clark said Monday.

Clark worked with the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation to investigate the officer-involved shooting of Roger Raymond York Jr., 32, who had a Clinton address, according to Anderson County jail records.

York died after he fired a weapon at Clinton Police Department officers on East Drive in Clinton on Wednesday night, November 8, according to earlier information from the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation. One of the officers fired back, hitting York, who died, according to that information.

The three Clinton Police Department officers were not injured, the TBI said. The three officers were at the home in the 1000 block of East Drive after receiving information that a man with outstanding warrants was at the residence, the TBI said in November.

Clark sent a six-page report about the investigation of the shooting to Clinton Police Chief Rick Scarbrough on April 19.

See Clark’s report here.

See earlier story here.

More information will be added as it becomes available.

Filed Under: Anderson County, Clinton, Front Page News, Police and Fire, Tennessee, Top Stories Tagged With: Clinton Police Department, Dave Clark, officer-involved shooting, Roger Raymond York Jr., shooting, Tennessee Bureau of Investigation

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