COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) - A small-town police officer in South Carolina was charged with voluntary manslaughter Wednesday for shooting and killing an unarmed
A small-town police officer in South Carolina was charged Wednesday for shooting and killing an unarmed man who led her on a high-speed chase and then tried to run from his wrecked car, investigators said. Hemingway police Officer Cassandra Dollard, 52, faces one count of voluntary manslaughter in the shooting early Sunday after she chased the driver 8 miles (13 kilometers) outside the limits of the town of 530 people. Dollard tried to pull over Robert Junior Langley for running a stop sign and it turned into a chase where Langley was driving more than 100 mph (160 km/h), according to an arrest warrant from the State Law Enforcement Division.
Authorities say a small-town police officer in South Carolina has been charged with voluntary manslaughter for shooting and killing an unarmed man who led her on a high-speed chase and then tried to run from his wrecked car. Hemingway police Officer Cassandra Dollard was charged Wednesday. An arrest warrant says Dollard tried to pull over Robert Junior Langley for running a stop sign early Sunday and it turned into a 100 mph chase. An arrest warrant says Langley crashed his car in a ditch and was trying to get out the passenger door when he was shot in the chest. Dollard told investigators she feared for her life. She faces two to 30 years in prison if convicted.