前哥伦布警察局K-9警官Ricky Anderson周三对2022年8月射杀黑人青年Donovan Lewis一案认罪过失杀人罪1。Anderson采用Alford plea方式认罪，即承认控方掌握充分证据足以定罪，但不认可自己有罪1。作为认罪协议的一部分，控方同意撤销原有的谋杀罪指控1。
事件发生于2022年8月，警察以执行多项逮捕令为由于凌晨2点进入Lewis的公寓，相关指控包括家暴、袭击和重罪非法处理枪支1。根据身体摄像头视频记录，Anderson在打开卧室门后仅一秒内即开枪1。20岁的Lewis随后在其卧室内丧生1。Anderson将在后续日期接受判决，刑期范围从缓刑到三年监禁不等1。
Lewis家族律师Rex H. Elliott表示："我们承认一名警官终于承认他鲁莽地杀死了一个年轻人。但无论对他发生什么，都不会让Donovan回来。"1 美国司法部曾于2021年同意对哥伦布警察局进行审查，此前该局发生多起针对黑人的致命枪击事件，包括2021年4月16岁少女Ma'Khia Bryant被杀1。
Ricky Anderson, a K-9 officer with the Columbus Police Department, entered a guilty plea on Wednesday to reckless homicide in connection with the fatal shooting of Donovan Lewis, a 20-year-old Black man, in August 2022 1. Anderson's plea came under an Alford plea arrangement, meaning he acknowledged that prosecutors had sufficient evidence to secure a conviction while maintaining his innocence 1. In exchange, prosecutors agreed to drop a murder charge against him 1.
Lewis was shot inside his apartment bedroom when officers entered his home around 2 a.m. to execute multiple arrest warrants related to domestic violence, assault, and felony improper handling of a firearm 1. Body camera footage revealed that Anderson fired his weapon within one second of opening the bedroom door 1. Anderson faces sentencing at a future date, with potential penalties ranging from probation to three years in prison 1.
Rex H. Elliott, the family's attorney, acknowledged the guilty plea but underscored its limitations, stating: "We recognize that an officer has finally admitted to recklessly killing a young man. But whatever happens to him will not bring Donovan back" 1. The case comes amid broader scrutiny of the Columbus Police Department; the U.S. Department of Justice agreed in 2021 to review the department's practices following multiple fatal shootings of Black individuals, including the April 2021 death of 16-year-old Ma'Khia Bryant 1.
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