Criminal investigation

Tulsa Police Officer Charged in Terence Crutcher’s Death

The police officer who fatally shot an unarmed black man in Tulsa, Okla., was charged with first-degree manslaughter on Thursday, less than a week after the incident, which was caught on two widely circulated police videos.

Tulsa Country District Attorney Steve Kunzweiler said in a news conference that his office had determined the charge was “warranted” in the fatal shooting of Terence Crutcher, 40 years old, by Tulsa police officer Betty Shelby last Friday evening. He added that a warrant has been issued for her arrest.

Video footage released earlier this week—recorded by a police helicopter and a dashboard camera and released by the Tulsa Police Department—show Mr. Crutcher walking toward his car with his arms raised and then placing his hands on the top of the car. Just after the view of the man is blocked in two separate videos, shots ring out and he falls to the ground.