Prosecutor: No US civil rights charges in Aaron Bailey shooting

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — U.S. Attorney Josh Minkler says a Justice Department review into the fatal police shooting of unarmed man Aaron Bailey following a June 2017 chase found insufficient evidence to support federal criminal civil rights charges against the officers involved.

Two police officers shot 45-year-old Aaron Bailey four times after he crashed his car into a tree following a brief pursuit that began when he sped away from a traffic stop.

Minkler announced the decision Friday seven weeks after the FBI completed its civil rights investigation  and turned its findings over to the federal prosecutor.

Bailey’s family reached a $650,000 civil settlement with the city last year. Bailey’s family agreed to drop a federal lawsuit they filed in September against the city, its police department and Officers Michael Dinnsen and Carlton Howard.