KALAMAZOO, Mich. (WOOD) — The video doesn’t tell the whole story, the attorney for a former Mattawan police officer accused of firing recklessly at a suspect vehicle said in defense of his client.
Police cruiser dashcam video from the Nov. 3 incidentshows former rookie officer Chelsey Omilian shooting down Main Street in Mattawan at the fleeing suspects’ car. The suspects were in a vehicle that had been reported stolen and took off when Omilian approached them.
The Van Buren County prosecutor later charged Omilian with reckless use of a firearm, a 90-misdemeanor.
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