OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — A grand jury has found no criminal wrongdoing by four Omaha police officers who were involved in the fatal shootings of three people.
Grand jurors returned no charges Wednesday against Officer Alvin Lugod, who fired the shots that killed 39-year-old Danny Elrod. Authorities later determined Elrod was unarmed.
The grand jury also cleared the three officers who killed a robbery suspect and a crewman of the long-running TV show ‘Cops’ at a fast-food restaurant in August.
State law requires grand juries to investigate whenever someone dies in custody or while being arrested.
Lugod and other officers confronted Elrod on Feb. 23, and police say Elrod wouldn’t comply with their commands. Elrod was shot when he turned and reached for a fence behind him.