Mississippi officer cleared in fatal shooting of Covington veteran

A Mississippi police officer who shot and killed a Georgia man early last year has been cleared by a grand jury in his home state, according to local news reports.

Leonard Parker Jr., 53, of Covington, died Feb. 1, 2020, when he was shot by a Gulfport, Mississippi, officer responding to a 911 call, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution previously reported. The grand jury found no criminal conduct on behalf of the officer, according to Biloxi news station WLOX.

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