Officer Will Not Face Charges After “Accidentally” Shooting Suspect

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Posted March 9, 2017 1:58 pm by Comments

By Bob Owens

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An Arkansas district attorney will not file charges against Osceola Police Officer Jennifer Ephlin after she “accidentally” discharged a round into a suspect while attempting to get him out of a vehicle.

A prosecuting attorney is not filing charges against an officer after he says the shot fired was an accident.
Prosecuting Attorney Scott Ellington wrote a letter to Arkansas State Police Tuesday indicating no criminal charges would be filed against Osceola Police Officer Jennifer Ephlin who shot and injured a suspect in February.
Ellington stated in the letter that Ephlin was the first officer to arrive on the scene of a reported armed robbery at a gas station. She had her gun drawn as she was exiting her patrol vehicle.
As the officer entered the store, three juvenile suspects ran away. One went through the front of the gas station and the other two through the rear exit.
Ephlin told another OPD officer to arrest the suspect that went out the front while she chased after the others.
The officer ordered one suspect to stop. The suspect did not comply and entered a car not involved in the robbery near a gas pump and sat in the passenger seat.
According to Ellington, Ephlin still had …Read the Rest

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