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Cops Concede They Were Wrong About Circumstances Of Leon Usher Shooting
posted (December 22, 2017)
Since ACP Chester Williams took over the Professional Standards Branch, at any given time he's got dozens of open investigation files on his desk. And yesterday, he addressed almost ten of them which have garnered public attention. That included the case of Leon Usher. Police responded to a domestic disturbance in early November, where they said he made threats and tried to grab the police officer's gun. Usher says that's just a plain old lie; he says the police just got there, cursed at him and then opened fire.

ACP Williams said that indeed the account put out by police was inaccurate, but the police shooter and the victim also happen to be relatives:

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