Baltimore police Officer Gahiji Tshamba was found guilty of manslaughter Thursday in the shooting death one year ago of Tyrone Brown, a Marine veteran and father of two.
"The defendant overreacted and in fact exacerbated this whole tragic" set of event, said Baltimore Circuit Judge Edward R.K. Hargadon.
More than 21 witnesses appeared over six days, offering varied accounts of what happened -- or was likely to have happened -- the morning of June 5, 2010, when Tshamba, who was off duty, shot Tyrone Brown a dozen times in a Mount Vernon alley way, as bars were letting out.
"What happened in that alley dealt with male ego, alcohol, women and a gun," Assistant State's Attorney Kevin Wiggins said during his final arguments Thursday morning. "Anywhere you put that, that's a bad combination."
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