Oklahoma cop charged with murder in shooting of suicidal man
An Oklahoma City police officer who shot and killed a suicidal man last month was charged Tuesday with second-degree murder, authorities said.
Sgt. Keith Sweeney, 32, was taken into custody Tuesday morning. Charging documents filed in Oklahoma County District Court listed an alternative charge of first-degree murder in the Nov. 15 shooting of 29-year-old Dustin Pigeon.
District Attorney David Prater told reporters that charges in the were filed against Sgt. Keith Sweeney "after a review of the investigation by the Oklahoma City Police Department."
The investigation into the shooting was conducted the same way as any other investigation, said Capt. Bo Mathews, a spokesman for the Oklahoma City Police Department.
"We made sure we talked to all witnesses, to the officer and get his statement ... it's no different from any other crime we work ... this just happened to involve a police officer," Mathews said.
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