By Blake Hanson
TALLAHASSEE, FLA. —
Channel
9 reporter Blake Hanson talked to Jonathan Ferrell’s family Friday
morning shortly after the decision was announced to not retry
Charlotte-Mecklenburg police officer Randall “Wes” Kerrick in the 2013
shooting death of Ferrell.Jonathan’s mother, Georgia, said she found out when she got a call Friday morning from prosecutor Teresa Postel with the North Carolina Attorney General’s Office.
Georgia Ferrell said prosecutors told her Attorney General Roy Cooper had looked over everything after a mistrial was declared last week when the acquittal-leaning jury deadlocked and he determined they would not have a retrial.
Georgia Ferrell was told presecutors didn’t think they they could get any other result....
Jonathan was shot to death in 2013 when he sought help by knocking on a door following an auto accident. Why does this sound familiar?
...North Carolina (click here) police officer Randall Kerrick was indicted Monday on charges of voluntary manslaughter in the shooting death of 24-year-old Jonathan Ferrell. Kerrick, called to the scene after an unarmed Ferrell was seen knocking on a homeowner's door and seeking help after a traffic accident, fired 12 shots at Ferrell, striking him 10 times....
