Boston Herald - Boston Herald: Detroit cop on trial in 7-year-old girl's death

Boston Herald - Boston Herald

Detroit cop on trial in 7-year-old girl's death Jun 3rd 2013, 16:19 DETROIT — A prosecutor says a Detroit police officer made critical errors during a raid that led to the fatal shooting of a 7-year-old girl. Jurors have heard opening statements Monday in the involuntary manslaughter trial of Joseph Weekley. There's no dispute that he fired his gun, striking Aiyana Stanley-Jones in 2010. Assistant prosecutor Rob Moran says Weekley hesitated at the door instead of charging into the house to hunt for a murder suspect after a stun grenade was fired inside. Moran says an officer in that situation isn't supposed to stop. Media files: In a Friday, March 8, 2013 photo, defendant Joseph Weekely, right, and A&E producer Allison Howard, who was at the raid, sit in court before Judge Cynthia Gray Hathaway at Frank Murphy Hall of Justice in Detroit. Weekley goes on trial Wednesday, May 29, 2013. (image/jpeg) FILE - This undated file family photo shows Aiyana Stanley-Jones, 7, who was shot and killed May 16, 2010, by a shot from a Detroit police officer during a raid of a Detroit home in search of a murder suspect. (image/jpeg) This Saturday, May 25, 2013 photo shows the exterior of the Detroit home where Aiyana Stanley-Jones was fatally shot during a police raid in May 2010. Detroit Officer Joseph Weekley goes to trial Wednesday, May 29, 2013 on a charge of involuntary manslaughter. (image/jpeg)

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