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Officer avoids charges in shooting of man holding air pistol

| August 28, 2020 4:27 PM

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — A Tennessee police officer will not be charged after fatally shooting a man who pointed an air pistol at motorists and police, who thought it was a real gun.

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