A federal judge is ruling former Michigan State Police sergeant Brian Keely will not face charges in connection to the death of Samuel Sterling.
Brian Keely was charged with second-degree murder and involuntary manslaughter in the 2024 death of Sterling.
Sterling was wanted on a number of warrants and ran from police at a Kentwood gas station on April 17, 2024. Police chased Sterling on foot while Keely pursued in an unmarked police cruiser.
Keely hit Sterling with his SUV outside a Burger King. Sterling was hospitalized and died hours later.
The judge ruled Keely was protected under the Supremacy Clause.
A federal judge ruled last August that Keely was acting as part of a U.S. Marshals task force when the incident happened which means the case fell under federal jurisdiction and moved the case out of state courts.
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