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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Via AP news wire

No charges for deputy in fatal traffic stop shooting of Indiana man pardoned by Trump

Trump Pardon Indiana - (ASSOCIATED PRESS)

A sheriff's deputy in northwestern Indiana will not face charges in the fatal shooting during a traffic stop of a man who days earlier had been pardoned by President Donald Trump for a misdemeanor related to the 2021 U.S. Capitol riot.

The Jasper County deputy was “legally justified in using deadly force to defend himself” in the Jan. 26 killing of Matthew Huttle, the Clinton County prosecutor's office said in a release.

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