A police officer who allegedly yelled “we don’t have time for this” before shooting and killing a schizophrenic teen has been indicted on manslaughter charges.
Officer Bryon Vassey was one of three officers from different North
Carolina precincts to respond to a call by the family of 18-year-old
Keith Vidal last month.
The teen, who suffered from schizophrenia and weighed just 90 pounds,
had apparently picked up a small screwdriver and wasn’t putting it down.
But his parents say the two other officers already had the scene under
control when Vassey walked in. They say the third officer simply tased
Vidal, then took out a firearm and shot him dead, saying “we don’t have
time for this.”
Records show Vassey was at the Vidal residence for just 70 seconds before calling in that shots had been fired, reports the North Carolina Star News.
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