JCPD to hold press conference on Jefferson City man’s shooting death
Editor's Note: The agency holding the press conference has been corrected.
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ)
The Jefferson City Police Department is set to hold a press conference Friday morning, after announcing charges would not be filed in the shooting death of Erik Spencer II in Jefferson City.
The press conference will be at 9 a.m. at the Jefferson City Police Department.
On Thursday, Cole County prosecutor Locke Thompson said in a news release that no charges will be filed against Spencer Scrivner for the Nov. 1 shooting death of Erik Spencer II outside Old Navy. Several shots were fired, and some shattered the plate glass in the storefront.
Scrivner, an employee of the Missouri Department of Corrections, was put on leave during the investigation.
Thompson said a grand jury declined to indict Scrivner for manslaughter, armed criminal action and unlawful use of a weapon. The grand jury found Scrivner's actions were done "in lawful defense of another," Thompson wrote in a news release.
ABC 17 News reached out to the Spencer family for comment, but has not yet heard back. The Spencer family has called for transparency and criminal charges during multiple public appearances.
