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Fall trial expected for Duluth officer charged in downtown shooting
A formal trial date has not been set, but attorneys told Judge Sally Tarnowski that the case could be ready to go before a jury later this year. 4:41 pm, Apr. 15, 2021 ×
Tyler Leibfried
A fall trial is likely for a Duluth police officer who shot an unarmed man through the door of a downtown apartment last year.
Tyler Foster Leibfried, 29, of Hermantown, is charged with two felonies in the September incident that left 23-year-old Jared Fyle with a bullet lodged in his back. Leibfried appeared for a brief virtual hearing in State District Court on Thursday, with attorneys telling Judge Sally Tarnowski they expect the case to go to a jury.
Judge upholds Duluth officer s shooting charges
Tyler Leibfried will face a jury at a yet-undetermined date to decide if he was justified in shooting a man through an apartment door in response to what he believed to be gunshots. 6:56 pm, Mar. 15, 2021 ×
Tyler Leibfried
There is sufficient cause for a Duluth police officer to stand trial on felony firearm charges stemming from the shooting of an unarmed man through the door of a downtown apartment, a judge ruled Monday.
Sixth Judicial District Judge Sally Tarnowski denied Tyler Foster Leibfried s motion to dismiss counts 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.
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 ×
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.
Defense: Duluth officer justified in shooting man at downtown apartment
A judge will consider arguments in February on Tyler Leibfried s request to toss two felony charges stemming from the September wounding of Jared Fyle. 6:02 pm, Jan. 11, 2021 ×
Tyler Leibfried
Officer Tyler Leibfried had every right to open fire through the door of a downtown Duluth apartment the moment he heard what he believed to be gunshots coming from inside, a defense attorney said.
Leibfried s two felony firearm charges therefore must be dismissed for a lack of probable cause under the established legal standard for use of deadly force by police officers, Paul Engh wrote in a 20-page motion filed Monday in State District Court.