Officer unjustified in shooting, review board rules

1/17/2007

A firearms review board ruled today that a Toledo police officer was not justified in shooting his firearm in October.

The board voted 4-1 in the matter involving police Officer Arrow Osborne. The review board s finding will be referred to the department s internal affairs bureau.

Turone Murray, 52, of 301 Kingswood Trail, was shot Oct. 17 by Officer Osborne after a 20-minute pursuit for a traffic offense that ended in a field along Reynolds Road near Hill Avenue.

Mr. Murray was charged with aggravated robbery and failure to comply with the signal of a police officer stemming from the incident.

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