Seven law enforcement officers will not face criminal charges following the fatal shooting of a Rossville man outside a Highway 58 McDonald’s in July, the Hamilton County District Attorney’s Office said Monday.
Erick Charles Roberson, 38, was shot in an incident involving five Hamilton County deputies and two Chattanooga police officers July 21 during a traffic stop after license plate readers flagged his vehicle, according to District Attorney General Coty Wamp’s closure letter.
Police said at the time that Roberson had multiple outstanding arrest warrants. He was accused of attempting to strike officers with his pickup truck during a stop in the McDonald’s drive-through lane around 10 p.m.
“Through much deliberation and upon review of the case file,” Wamp wrote, “the state does not believe that a jury of 12 citizens from Hamilton County would find any deputy or officer involved in this incident criminally liable for the death of Erick Roberson.”
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