Virginia prosecutor says Portsmouth officers involved in fatal shooting won't be charged
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Prosecutors say the Portsmouth, Virginia, officers involved in a fatal shooting of a black man in March won't be charged.
According to media outlets, Commonwealth's Attorney Stephanie Morales says in a report Thursday that officers involved in the shooting were justified in their use of force. She says 29-year-old Walter Brown III was determined to be "an immediate threat to law enforcement" because he struggled with officers and had a gun.
Brown was shot inside his home after leading police on a roughly 5-mile chase. The chase began in a supermarket parking lot after police say they smelled marijuana coming from Brown's vehicle.
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Days later, Portsmouth Police Chief Ed Hargis asked state police to investigate the shooting.
NAACP spokeswoman Roddena Kirksey says Portsmouth NAACP officials declined to comment on Morales' report.