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Former Virginia cop who killed shoplifting suspect sentenced to 3 years on firearm charge

  • A former Virginia police sergeant was sentenced to 3 years in prison for reckless handling of a firearm in the killing of a shoplifting suspect.
  • The sergeant, Wesley Shifflett, testified he shot the victim, Timothy McCree Johnson, in self-defense after Johnson allegedly reached for his waistband.
  • The victim's mother said the verdict felt like 'a David and Goliath moment' against 'the giant blue wall' of police.
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Former Fairfax County cop who killed Tysons shoplifting suspect sentenced to 3 years on firearm charge

A former Fairfax County, Virginia, police officer has been sentenced to three years in prison after he fatally shot a man accused of shoplifting outside Tysons Corner Center in 2023.

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Former Virginia cop who killed shoplifting suspect sentenced to 3 years on firearm charge

A former Virginia police sergeant was sentenced to three years in prison after he fatally shot a man accused of stealing sunglasses from a shopping center. Wesley Shifflett was convicted

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Ex-officer sentenced to 3 years in prison after Tysons mall killing of shoplifting suspect

A former Fairfax County police sergeant who shot and killed an unarmed shoplifting suspect outside a mall in Northern Virginia in 2023 was sentenced to three years imprisonment.

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Former Virginia police officer who killed shoplifting suspect to be sentenced

A former northern Virginia police officer will be sentenced Friday, two years after fatally shooting a shoplifting suspect outside a busy shopping mall in Fairfax County.

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Fox5 DC broke the news in Washington, United States on Friday, February 28, 2025.
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