State Attorney General's Office Clears Beachwood Officer In High Velocity Shooting
Case is now considered closed, Ocean County Prosecutor Marlene Lynch Ford says
The state Attorney General's Office has concluded that Beachwood Sgt. Bruce Harris used justifiable force when he shot Mark Tanouye once in the chest on the night of July 19, in the parking lot of the High Velocity Sports Bar in Beachwood. "In a letter dated December 18, 2012, Stephen J. Taylor, the Director of the Division of Criminal Justice within the Office of the Attorney General, informed me that after their independent review of the investigation concurred with my determination that the use of deadly force was justified,” said Ocean County Prosecutor Marlene Lynch Ford said. Ford's investigation into the shooting previously concluded that Harris had acted properly. The matter was then sent to the state Attorney General's Office for …
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Martin Vavra
11:44 am on Monday, January 7, 2013
The real shame is that it took so long for this matter to be resolved. This incident was pretty straight forward but this Officer was forced to wait this conclusion out for 6 months. As for some of the other lame comments, it's clear we have a division in our society. Those who support crime and those who confront it. I knew both of the men involved here. This matter came to it's proper … more ›