Trial of white officer fatally shooting black teen continues
Posted Mar 20, 2019 11:07 pm.
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PITTSBURGH — Prosecutors will call more witnesses to the stand in the trial of a white former East Pittsburgh police officer charged in the fatal shooting of an unarmed black teenager.
Michael Rosfeld’s trial continues Thursday into its third day in a Pittsburgh courtroom.
The first two days of testimony included compelling statements from witnesses and neighbours, one of whom said he heard Rosfeld panicking, repeatedly saying “I don’t know why I shot him. I don’t know why I fired.”
Rosfeld fired three bullets into 17-year-old Antwon Rose II after pulling over an unlicensed taxicab suspected to have been used in a drive-by shooting minutes earlier. Rose was a front-seat passenger in the cab and was shot as he fled.
The trial is expected to take a week or more.
Ramesh Santanam, The Associated Press
