West Midlands police officer served gross misconduct notice after fatal shooting

Family of Sean Fitzgerald, shot dead while fleeing raided Coventry house, ‘shocked at lack of criminal inquiry’The family of an unarmed man shot dead by police as he fled a property being raided, said they were shocked that the police watchdog had not called for the officer, who remains in post, to be criminally investigated.The watchdog, the Independent Office for Police Conduct, on Thursday announced that the West Midlands firearms officer who shot dead Sean Fitzgerald, 31, on 4 January 2019, in Coventry, has been served with a gross misconduct notice. Continue reading... https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2021/apr/22/west-midlands-police-officer-served-gross-misconduct-notice-after-fatal-shooting #uk_news #police