Charges dismissed against 3 police supervisors in fatal car chase where 137 shots were fired
By: Kaylyn Hlavaty, news5cleveland.com
CLEVELAND — The City of East Cleveland dismissed charges against three Cleveland police supervisors involved in a 2012 high-speed chase that ended with 13 officers firing 137 rounds at two unarmed people inside a car.
The case was schedule for a pretrial Wednesday when Judge William Dawson dismissed the case without prejudice against Jason Edens, Michael Donegan and Paul Wilson, meaning they can’t be retried. Each supervisor had been charged with dereliction of duty.
At the time of the shooting in 2012, Cleveland police said an officer saw a car drive near the Justice Center and believed a shot was fired nearby, which prompted a pursuit that lasted about 25 minutes.
