Sweden charges 3 policemen in shooting of disabled man
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Sweden's prosecution authority has charged three police officers in the fatal shooting in Stockholm last year of a disabled man who waved a toy gun.
Prosecutor Martin Tiden says one officer was charged with causing another person's death and the others for misconduct. In the wake of the Aug. 2 shooting.
Tiden said Friday the case will be heard before the Stockholm District Court. No date for the trial was set. None of the police officers' names was released.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Eric Torell, who had Down Syndrome and autism and struggled to communicate, was holding a plastic toy resembling a submachine gun — a birthday present from his mother when he turned 5 — when he was shot dead.