In a statement Wednesday, Brooklyn D.A. Kenneth Thompson said the rookie police officer's firing of a single bullet—which ricocheted through a pitch-black public housing stairwell into Akai Gurley's heart—was a reckless action that "caused an innocent man to lose his life," but there was no evidence Liang meant to kill or injure Gurley.
March 24, 2016 at 04:06 AM
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Brooklyn District Attorney Kenneth Thompson said he will not ask for prison time when Peter Liang is sentenced April 14 on his closely watched manslaughter conviction.
In a statement Wednesday, Thompson said the rookie police officer’s firing of a single bullet—which ricocheted through a pitch-black public housing stairwell into Akai Gurley’s heart—was a reckless action that “caused an innocent man to lose his life.”
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