No charges for police officers after fatal shooting in Ventnor, New Jersey

Body camera video shows officers repeatedly asking Amir Johnson to drop a broken bottle he was carrying.
Tuesday, June 28, 2022
VENTNOR, New Jersey (WPVI) -- A grand jury in New Jersey has decided not to file any criminal charges after a man was fatally shot by police in Ventnor.

The shooting happened on August 6, 2020.
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Ventnor and Atlantic City police officers responded to Amir Johnson acting erratically.

Body camera video shows officers repeatedly asking Johnson to drop a broken bottle he was carrying.

Johnson, a 30-year-old from Wilkes Barre, Pennsylvania, refused and later came at officers.
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That's when multiple officers opened fire.

Johnson later died at the hospital.
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