Duluth officer's delay in shooting at issue as judge weighs bid to toss felony charges
A defense attorney said Tyler Leibfried had a right to shoot into an apartment as soon as he feared for his life, but a prosecutor argued that his decision was not "reasonable" after he paused and surveyed the scene.
7:02 pm, Feb. 18, 2021
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Tyler Leibfried
Tyler Leibfried waited roughly 10 seconds between hearing two loud bangs and firing several shots through the closed door of a downtown Duluth apartment, wounding an unarmed man inside.
That pause emerged as a central issue at a Thursday hearing on the Duluth police officer's bid to toss felony charges of intentionally and recklessly discharging a firearm in the September incident that left 23-year-old Jared Fyle with a bullet lodged in his back.