Virginia Officer Fired and Bodycam Video Released in Fatal Shooting

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Virginia Officer Fired and Bodycam Video Released in Fatal Shooting
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A Virginia police officer who fatally shot Timothy Johnson during an alleged shoplifting incident has been fired, and bodycam footage of the incident has been released. Johnson was killed by police responding to a reported theft at Tysons Corner Center mall. The officer who fired the fatal shot was served an "administrative separation" for "failure to live up to our expectation," according to the police chief. Johnson's family and their attorney viewed the video and called the death "an execution."

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