TUPELO, Miss.- Officer Tyler Cook is back at the Tupelo Police Department after a grand jury decided not to indict him in the shooting death of a man who ran from a traffic stop.
A city spokeswoman, Leesha Faulkner, said Wednesday that Cook was doing administrative duties with the department.
Cook was under investigation after a shooting occurred on June 18lead that to the death of Antwun “Ronnie” Shumpert. Police reported that Shumpert fled from a traffic stop and was followed by officers when Cook and a K-9 officer found him hiding under a house. Shumpert was then shot and killed.
The autopsy report confirmed he had been shot four times.
The incident led to a lawsuit filed by his family seeking $35 million in damages from the City.
