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Ohio cop indicted for fatal shootings of speeding suspect and his neighbor
An Ohio police officer has been simultaneously indicted in the fatal shooting of a speeding suspect in March and in the deadly shooting of a neighbor last week, according to state officials.
A special grand jury charged the officer, Joel Jenkins, with murder for the shooting of Robert Rooker in March and with manslaughter in the apparently accidental shooting in the head of Jason Brady last Thursday. Jenkins was fired this week from his job as a Pike County sheriff’s deputy.
Jenkins was also charged with reckless homicide over the death of Rooker, 26, who was shot after fleeing at high-speed when he was caught speeding. Authorities alleged that Rooker eventually rammed two police vehicles.
In the off-duty shooting of Brady, 40, the former deputy was indicted for involuntary manslaughter as well as reckless homicide and tampering with evidence, according to Dan Tierney, a spokesman for the Ohio attorney general. Jenkins has said he fired the gun inadvertently while showing it to his neighbour. Police said he had been drinking.