テキサス州バウチ・スプリングスで武器を持たない15歳の黒人少年ジョーダン・エドワーズさんを射殺した元警官ロイ・オリバー容疑者（37）が、殺人罪で起訴された。
バウチ・スプリング警察署は、4月29日の事件翌日、オリバー容疑者を解雇した。オリバー容疑者は29日夜、パーティーから帰る途中の十代の若者たちが乗った車に自分のライフル銃を使って発砲した。車に乗っていたたメスキート高校1年生のエドワーズさんは、頭に銃弾を受けて死亡した。
2017年5月5日、ロイ・オリバーに殺人容疑で逮捕状が発行された。この逮捕状は、オリバーが意図的に重大な身体的傷害を引き起こし、明らかに人命の安全を脅かす行動で、1人の死を招いたことを示す証拠にもとづき発行された。この令状は全ての保安官にロイ・オリバーを殺人罪で逮捕する権限を与える。オリバーは、いずれかの保安官の元に出頭することも選択できる。ジョーダン・エドワーズさんの死亡状況について捜査が引き続き行われ、ロイ・オリバーの逮捕で捜査が終了することはない。
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広報担当官
報道機関関係課
ダラス郡保安局
告発についてのプレスリリース
バウチ・スプリングス警察のジョナサン・ハーバー署長はこれまで、オリバー容疑者が発砲したのは、その車が警官たちに向かって攻撃的な様子でバックしてきたためだった、と説明していた。ハーバー署長は5月1日、車が実際には警官たちから走り去ろうとしていたという様子が収められた動画が証拠として上がってきたため、説明を一転させた。
ジョーダン・エドワーズさん（Twitterより、日付不明）。エドワーズさんは1発の銃撃で射殺された。
ダラス・モーニング・ニュースによると、オリバー容疑者は未成年者の飲酒運転の通報を受け、現場に向かった。
検視局は1日、発砲に使用されたライフル銃の種類の特定を拒否したが、ニューヨーク・タイムズは2日、オリバー容疑者が車に向けてAR-15を発砲したと報じた。
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USA-POLITICS/(01 of22)
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AUSTRALIA-ELECTION/FARRIGHT(02 of22)
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USA-POLICE/PROTESTS(11 of22)
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People take part in a protest against police brutality and in support of Black Lives Matter in New York July 9, 2016. REUTERS/Eduardo Munoz (credit:Eduardo Munoz / Reuters)
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People take part in a protest against police brutality and in support of Black Lives Matter in New York July 9, 2016. REUTERS/Eduardo Munoz (credit:Eduardo Munoz / Reuters)
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USA-POLICE/PROTEST(16 of22)
Protesters hold placards against the killing of Alton Sterling and Philando Castile in Manhattan, New York, U.S., July 7, 2016. REUTERS/Bria Webb (credit:Bria Webb / Reuters)
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A man holds his fist in the air as people take part in a protest against the killings of Alton Sterling and Philando Castile during a march through Manhattan, with the Empire State Building seen in the background, in New York July 7, 2016. REUTERS/Darren Ornitz (credit:Darren Ornitz / Reuters)
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