Body camera video helped clear four South Carolina police officers in a fatal shooting that occurred last year.
A Chatham County grand jury on Monday found that the Savannah-Chatham officers were "legally justified" when they used deadly force to stop 25-year-old Tyrie Cuyler from fleeing a traffic stop in October, according to The Savannah Morning News.
A presentation of evidence by Chatham County District Attorney Meg Heap and Chief Assistant Greg McConnell included body camera footage from officers Ruben Colon, Michael Gonzales and John Hauber. The fourth officer, Daniel Kang, did not activate his camera.
Colon and Gonzales were both shot by Cuyler before he was killed when police returned fire at the intersection of 37th Street and Ogeechee Road shortly before midnight on Oct. 27, 2015 following a traffic stop.
A Georgia Bureau of Investigation found that Colon fired eight rounds, Gonzales fired six and Hauber fired five from their department-issued Glock pistols. Kang did not discharge his weapon.
Cuyler armed with a .38-caliber Smith & Wesson revolver which contained three spent shell casings and the handle was wrapped with electrical tape. On the suspect was 16 individually packages in his pocket containing cocaine.
