A North Carolina police officer accused of shooting and killing an unarmed man who had apparently been involved in a car wreck early Saturday was expected to appear in court Monday, nearly two days after authorities charged him with a count of voluntary manslaughter.
Jonathan A. Ferrell, 24, a former Florida A&M University football player and recent North Carolina transplant, was allegedly fatally shot by Officer Randall Kerrick after Ferrell had apparently crashed his vehicle off a northeast Charlotte road.
Ferrell then sought help at a nearby residence, according to a statement from Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department spokesman Keith R. Trietley. A woman answered the door, believing her husband had come home from work. And when she didn’t recognize Ferrell, she immediately called 911, reporting a robbery attempt around 2:30 a.m.
Officers responding to the woman’s breaking-and-entering call discovered Ferrell, who matched the woman’s description of the possible robbery suspect, near the home, police said. As they approached him, Ferrell allegedly charged at the officers, one of whom stunned him with a Taser.
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