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Officer charged in man's shooting death

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Officer charged in man's shooting death
Officer charged in man's shooting death

A Reading police officer was arraigned Wednesday in the 2018 shooting death of a man in Woburn.

JUDGE THIS MORNING.TODD: THAT OFFICER HAS BEEN ONUNPAID LEAVE SINCE HISINDICTMENT.THIS MORNING, HE WAS ARRAIGNEDAND DID PLEAD NOT GUILTY.READING POLICE OFFICER ERICROSKI -- IS HE IS CHARGED WITHMANSLAUGHTER FOR AN INCIDENT OFFEBRUARY 2018 WHEN HE SHOT ADOMESTIC VIOLENCE SUSPECT.HE DIED OF HIS WOUNDS.HE FOUND HIM IN A PARKED CAR ANDORDERED HIM TO GET OUT.HE DID SO BUT WITH BOTH HANDSINSIDE HIS POCKET AND CAMEQUICKLY TOWARDS THE OFFICER,YELLING, " SHOOT ME.SHOOT ME."THE OFFICER’S ATTORNEY SAYS THEEVIDENCE PROVES HIS CLIENT ACTEDCONSISTENT WITH HIS TRAINING ANDIN SELF-DEFENSE, EVEN THOUGH THESUSPECT WAS UNARMED.

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