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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Via AP news wire

Former Louisiana police officer accused of shooting unarmed Black man faces second criminal charge

ASSOCIATED PRESS

State prosecutors have added a second felony charge against a former Louisiana police officer accused of fatally shooting an unarmed Black man earlier this year.

The second criminal charge of felony malfeasance was added Monday as former Shreveport officer Alexander Tyler, who is white, was arraigned on charges of shooting Alonzo Bagley at an apartment complex in February. Tyler and another officer were responding to a report by Bagley's wife of a domestic disturbance.

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