A former Chicago police officer, Pierre Tyler, was acquitted on Friday night in the 2021 shooting death of his girlfriend, who was also the mother of his child. Tyler testified that the shooting was accidental, occurring during an argument over child support when he tried to grab a gun from her. Tyler mimicked for the jury the series of events that he said led to the shooting. The jury found Tyler not guilty after deliberating whether they believed his self-defense claim. This acquittal marks another loss for Cook County prosecutors who have been aggressively pursuing cases against police officers.
A Chicago police officer has been acquitted in the 2021 fatal shooting of a woman who was the mother of his child. https://t.co/kB6k1KxP19
A former Chicago police officer was acquitted on Friday night of murdering his girlfriend. It's the latest in a growing list of cases in which prosecutors file charges against cops and then lose. https://t.co/NRjpHK2V2j
A Chicago police officer has been acquitted in the 2021 fatal shooting of a woman who was the mother of his child. Read the full story: https://t.co/Q9Jf0HASCe https://t.co/bVJykAxnpm
Jury finds Chicago police officer not guilty in girlfriend's 2021 shooting death https://t.co/DaGpBiIvRo
A former Chicago police officer was acquitted last night of murdering his girlfriend. For Cook County prosecutors who've aggressively pursued prosecution of alleged wrongdoing by cops, it is the latest in a growing list of embarrassing losses. https://t.co/NRjpHK3sRR
A jury a former Chicago police officer not guilty on Friday in his girlfriend's 2021 shooting death. https://t.co/sPzuDtQM5e
JUST IN: Chicago cop Pierre Tyler was found innocent of murdering his girlfriend. https://t.co/QAyH0MeN8g
A jury late Friday acquitted a Chicago police officer who was accused of killing his girlfriend after weighing whether they believed the inactive officer’s claim that the mother of his child was killed in self-defense. https://t.co/5Z9zUMEtr3
Pierre Tyler, once a Chicago police officer and now on trial for murder, stood up in the witness box and mimicked for the jury the series of events that he said led to the shooting death of his girlfriend. https://t.co/sCwsxU8wto
A Chicago police officer on trial for the murder of the mother of his child testified Friday that his girlfriend accidentally shot herself as he tried to grab a gun from her during an argument over child support. https://t.co/aZzbVfAJ1x
Did a Chicago police officer kill his girlfriend in self-defense? A jury will decide. https://t.co/cr6j5SbuYX
Did a Chicago police officer kill his girlfriend in self-defense? A jury will decide https://t.co/Cj6L2xpskV
A Chicago police officer is expected to take the stand later this week at his trial on charges that he killed the mother of one of his children during an argument over whether he had secretly married another woman. https://t.co/6fpJab25em