A judge Tuesday set an Aug. 26 hearing to determine if there is enough evidence to allow the criminal case to proceed to trial against a former Los Angeles County sheriff's deputy charged in the fatal on- duty shooting of an unarmed man in Willowbrook nearly three years ago.
In a press conference Wednesday, honoring the two-year anniversary of the murder of George Floyd in Minneapolis, LA County DA George Gascón promised to hold police accountable for alleged misconduct.
Andrew Lyons, 37, is charged with one felony count of voluntary manslaughter and two felony counts of assault with a semiautomatic firearm stemming from the June 16, 2019, shooting of Ryan Twyman, 24.
A former Los Angeles County sheriff's deputy pleaded not guilty through his attorney today to charges stemming from the fatal on-duty shooting of an unarmed man in his vehicle in Willowbrook in June 2019.