Breaking: Grand Jury Issues No Indictments of Police Officers in Fatal Shooting of Wal-mart Shopper

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City of Beavercreek response to grand jury decision:
The events of August 5th
were tragic and we wish the outcome of that evening had been different.
However, based on the information the responding officers had and Mr.
Crawford’s failure to comply with the responding officers orders, the officers
did what they were trained to do to protect the public. The officers followed
accepted law enforcement training protocol in their response to the report of
an active threat in the Wal-Mart store. The grand jury review of the evidence
and subsequent no bill decision indicates the officers’ actions were not of a
criminal nature and justified under Ohio law.



Although the state review process
has been concluded, in keeping with the Beavercreek Police Department’s
Organizational Values and our desire to uphold the public trust, City Manager,
Michael A. Cornell and Police Chief Dennis Evers are requesting the Federal
Bureau of Investigation conduct a separate review of the Beavercreek Police
Department’s actions in this case to determine if there were any civil rights violations.
The Beavercreek Police Department will cooperate fully with the FBI during this
process. Until the conclusion of the review of the FBI’s recommendations by the
Department of Justice, Officer Sean Williams will be assigned administrative
desk duty within the police department.