No charges will be filed against two Baltimore City Police Officers who shot and killed a father and son.
The shooting happened back in March. Matthew Wood and his 18-year-old son Kimani Johnson were shot 56 times.
Sergeant Joseph Wiczulis and Officer Norman Johnson were on patrol in East Baltimore when they saw two men with guns. Police believed the men were targeting people in the area.
A statement from the State's Attorneys Office reads:
"Our decision to decline prosecution in this case was based on a thorough investigation where the statements of at least two independent witnesses at the scene of the shooting were consistent with the police officers’ account of the event that both men were armed—one with a loaded assault rifle and the other with a loaded handgun. We take all cases seriously and are always open to looking into additional evidence provided to us; however, based on the evidence assessed at the time of this declination, we have concluded that there is no legal basis to charge these officers, who appear to have prevented even further violence on the streets of Baltimore.”
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