Second grand jury to probe fatal police shooting in Virginia

By MATTHEW BARAKAT
Associated Press

FALLS CHURCH, Va. (AP) — A prosecutor has requested a special grand jury investigate the fatal police shooting of an unarmed shoplifting suspect outside a northern Virginia shopping mall after an earlier grand jury refused to issue an indictment. Fairfax County Commonwealth’s Attorney Steve Descano confirmed Tuesday that he requested the new grand jury to investigate the February shooting of Timothy McCree Johnson outside Tysons Corner Center but declined further comment. The use of special grand juries is rare. The empanelment of the special grand jury in the Johnson case comes after a regular grand jury earlier this month declined to indict Wesley Shifflett, the officer who fatally shot Johnson.