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Criminal

Apr. 22, 2021

Contra Costa DA charges sheriff’s deputy with manslaughter in shooting

District Attorney Diana Becton said the shooting put the other officers on scene and citizens nearby in danger and that the deputy “killed without a lawful excuse or justification.”

A Contra Costa County deputy sheriff who shot and killed an unarmed man during a slow-speed pursuit in 2018 is facing homicide charges after District Attorney Diana Becton closed a nearly three-year investigation into the killing this week.

Prosecutors charged Deputy Andrew Hall Wednesday with one count of voluntary manslaughter and one count of assault with a semi-automatic weapon, Becton said at a news conference.

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