Police Officer Exonerated
Warren Police Officer Brian Gulnac has been exonerated in connection to the shooting death of a man Wednesday night.
Police were attempting to pick up Charles Tubbs on a warrant for simple assault and reckless endangerment when he led them on a chase from West Fifth Avenue to Beech Street, where he crashed his vehicle.
During a news conference this afternoon, District Attorney Ross McKierman said a police video captured part of the incident.
McKiernan says after the crash Tubbs immediately began firing at Gulnac with a .22-caliber rifle and hit his police cruiser twice. Gulnac returned fire, and hit Tubbs in the chest and head.
McKeirnan says Tubbs had 49 rounds of live ammunition in his pockets.
Police were attempting to pick up Charles Tubbs on a warrant for simple assault and reckless endangerment when he led them on a chase from West Fifth Avenue to Beech Street, where he crashed his vehicle.
During a news conference this afternoon, District Attorney Ross McKierman said a police video captured part of the incident.
McKiernan says after the crash Tubbs immediately began firing at Gulnac with a .22-caliber rifle and hit his police cruiser twice. Gulnac returned fire, and hit Tubbs in the chest and head.
McKeirnan says Tubbs had 49 rounds of live ammunition in his pockets.
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