Saturday 27 August 2022 11:55 PM Ex-Arizona cop is charged with manslaughter for shooting wheelchair-bound ... trends now
Former Tucson Police Officer Ryan Remington, 32, was indicted on Manslaughter charges for shooting a wheelchair-bound man accused of shoplifting last year outside a Lowes
A former Arizona police officer who shot dead a wheelchair-bound man suspected of stealing a toolbox from Walmart last year has been indicted on manslaughter charges.
Ryan Remington, 32, who was fired by Tuscon Police last year, was charged Wednesday by a grand jury of 'recklessly' causing the death Richard Lee Richards, 61, after bodycam video caught the cop of firing nine rounds into the back and side of the suspect who was accused of stealing a toolbox from Walmart on November 30, 2021.
Richards allegedly flashed a knife at a store employee when asked for a receipt for the product.
'Here's your receipt,' Richard reportedly told the clerk, showing the weapon.
Video shows Richards motoring across the parking lot from the Walmart in his wheelchair to a nearby Lowe's where two officers confront him briefly ordering him to stop.
'He's got a knife in his other hand,' someone can be heard on the bodycam video as Richards wheels up to the entrance of the big box store.
Seconds later Remington can be seen unloading his weapon on the accused shoplifter.
Richard Lee-Richards has been confined to a wheelchair since getting hip surgery while in prison. His sister Victoria Richards told KGUN . She said that her brother had been had battled drug addiction and been in prison most of his life
Richards (left, in wheelchair) was shot 'in the back and side' after allegedly stealing a toolbox from Walmart and brandishing a knife at an employee who asked for his receipt. He allegedly pulled out a knife and said: 'Here's your receipt'
Office Ryan Remington (pictured holding a gun) has been fired from the Tucson Police Department (TPD) after fatally shooting Richards (left) nine times
Remington (left, back turned) told Richards: 'Do not go into the store, sir,' but began firing when Richards did not stop
He was shot outside of a Lowe's after crossing the shared parking lot with Walmart. He slumped out of his chair where an unidentified male officer handcuffed Richards while Remington and another officer Stephanie Taylor grabbed medical supplies
Rick Resch, a lawyer for Richards family, said that they were relieved that the officer will finally stand trial.
'It has been a long and difficult past nine months for Mr. Richards's family, but they are relieved that former Officer Ryan Remington has been indicted and will face the prospect of justice for the shooting and killing of Mr. Richards,' Resch said in a statement.
In Arizona, manslaughter, a class two felony that carries a minimum seven years in prison, is defined as 'recklessly causing the death of another person.'
Richard Lee Richards, 61, who is wheelchair-bound, was fatally shot nine times by a police officer outside a Lowe's entrance after he allegedly stole a toolbox from Walmart
Remington did not testify before the grand
