Mother of man killed by ex-Fairfax County officer outraged by commuted sentence
Gov. Glenn Youngkin (R-Virginia) commuted the three-year sentence against former Sgt. Wesley Shifflett, the officer who shot and killed Timothy Johnson in Tysons.
UPDATED: Governor commutes sentence for former Fairfax County police officer in fatal Tysons shooting
The former Fairfax County police officer who fatally shot Timothy McCree Johnson outside Tysons Corner Center in February 2023 has been sentenced to three years in prison.
Ex-Fairfax County police officer Shifflett gets 3 years in prison for fatal shooting of shoplifter
A former Fairfax County police officer was sentenced Friday to three years behind bars for his conviction in the deadly shooting of a fleeing shoplifter.
Sentence commuted for former Fairfax Co. officer involved in fatal shooting
Virginia Governor Glenn Youngkin announced the Fairfax County police officer, sentenced to three years in prison for shooting an unarmed shoplifter in February 2023, will have his sentence commuted.
Youngkin pardons police officer convicted of fatally shooting unarmed man in Tysons Corner
Virginia Governor Glenn Youngkin commuted the sentence of Wesley Shifflett, a Fairfax County Police Officer who was convicted of killing an unarmed man.
Youngkin commutes sentence of ex-officer who fatally shot unarmed man
Youngkin commuted the sentence Sunday night, writing that the three years of incarceration went beyond the state’s sentencing guidelines.
Gov. Youngkin commutes Sgt. Wesley Shifflett's 3 year sentence
"I am convinced that the court's sentence of incarceration is unjust and violates the cornerstone of our justice system."
Virginia Politics Insider: Youngkin commutes former officer's sentence
Youngkin said in a statement: "I am convinced that the court's sentence of incarceration is unjust and violates the cornerstone of our justice system — that similarly situated individuals receive proportionate sentences.
VA Governor commutes Shifflett's sentence
A JUDGE SENTENCED WESLEY SHIFFLETT TO THREE YEARS FOR RECKLESSLY HANDLING HIS GUN WHEN HE SHOT AND KILLED A SUSPECTED, UNARMED SHOPLIFTER IN TYSONS CORNER.
Youngkin commutes sentence of ex-police officer who killed suspect
A former Fairfax County police officer was sentenced Friday to three years in prison for killing a man in 2023. The governor ordered he be released.
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