Grand jury declines to indict officer in fatal Kentucky police shooting of armed Black man

NICHOLASVILLE, Ky. (AP) — A grand jury in Kentucky has declined to indict a police officer in the fatal shooting of an armed Black man during a standoff. News outlets cited a grand jury report and attorneys in reporting the development Thursday. They said state police presented evidence about the fatal shooting last year of 22-year-old Desman LaDuke and the grand jury opted not to indict Nicholasville Police Officer Joseph Horton. State police said previously that preliminary information indicated officers responded to a report of a suicidal person with a firearm and that Horton fired after LaDuke brandished two firearms. LaDuke’s family has said police escalated the situation.