San Diego deputy who pleaded guilty to manslaughter now faces federal charges

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Prosecutors say a former San Diego sheriff’s deputy who pleaded guilty to fatally shooting an unarmed suspect now faces two federal charges. Former deputy Aaron Russell could serve a life sentence if convicted. The U.S.

for the 2020 fatal shooting of an unarmed suspect has been indicted on two federal charges that could bring a life sentence, federal prosecutors said.

Bils, 36, was arrested in May 2020 at Old Town State Park in San Diego where he had been pitching balls to his off-leash dog. He brandished a golf club at a ranger before running away and was arrested on suspicion of assault with a deadly weapon and resisting arrest. Aaron Russell, a jail deputy with 18 months on the force, chased Bils and shot him four times, including once in the back. Surveillance video captured the shooting.Sentencing trial set to begin for Florida man who executed 5 women at a bank in 2019Russell was charged with murder, but pleaded guilty to voluntary manslaughter, and was sentenced to a year in jail and three years of probation.

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