Judges: Ex-Philadelphia cop's murder charges dropped, grand jury flawed
foxnews.comA judge threw out murder and other charges Tuesday against a former Philadelphia police officer accused of fatally shooting a Black man in the back as he fled, ruling the instructions given to a grand jury were flawed.
Ryan Pownall, 40, had been facing a third-degree murder charge in the 2017 on-duty shooting of 30-year-old David Jones. Court records showed that charge as well as reckless endangering and weapons counts against Pownall were "quashed" Tuesday after a motions hearing before a Common Pleas Judge.
A message left with Pownall's attorneys was not immediately returned. The Philadelphia Inquirer reported that Judge Barbara A.
McDermott said there were "so many things wrong" with how prosecutors instructed grand jurors before they considered the case.
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