Ely Portillo
WCNC Charlotte
September 16, 2013
A Charlotte-Mecklenburg police officer who was charged Saturday with voluntary manslaughter in the fatal shooting of an unarmed man has been released on $50,000 bond, according to a sheriff’s office spokesperson.
Officer Randall Kerrick, 27, was released late Saturday night and has a first appearance court hearing scheduled for Tuesday, according to the Mecklenburg County Clerk of Court.
It was the first time in more than three decades that a CMPD officer has been charged in an on-duty shooting.
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