MARTINEZ, Calif. — In the conclusion of Contra Costa County’s first case involving a policeman who was prosecuted for an on-duty shooting, ex-sheriff’s Deputy Andrew Hall was sentenced to six years in prison Friday for fatally shooting a mentally ill man during a slow-speed police chase in 2018.
Hall was convicted last year of assault with a firearm and a gun enhancement in 33-year-old Laudemer Arboleda’s shooting death, but jurors couldn’t reach a verdict on a more serious manslaughter count. Though the shooting occurred in 2018, Hall wasn’t charged until 2021, after he’d been cleared by a sheriff’s internal probe, returned to duty, and killed a second man.
In March 2021, Hall shot and killed 32-year-old Tyrell Wilson, when Wilson pulled a knife and took a step toward Hall during a jaywalking stop. Hall was again cleared by an internal sheriff’s probe; the DA’s office reportedly is still investigating that shooting.
