Fulton County District Attorney Paul Howard said that the officer who shot and killed Rayshard Brooks last week may face a felony murder charge.
“The second charge is felony murder and that is a charge that involves a death that comes as a result of the commission of an underlying felony.
Howard said voluntary manslaughter also remains a possible charge, though he said the charges, set to be presented midweek, would likely be “between murder and felony murder.”
Howard said based on video from the night of the shooting, the fact that the situation escalated and resulted in death “just seems unreasonable.”
Howard said that his office would need to decide whether Brooks “presented imminent harm of death or some serious physical injury” during his interaction with police.
