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Saw this in the local paper today. I'm not convinced it was an AD.
Charge dismissed in teen's shooting
Security guard still faces firearm trial
BY EMILY GURNON
Pioneer Press
A Ramsey County judge dismissed first-degree assault charges Monday against a 22-year-old security guard who shot an unarmed teenager suspected of stealing a car stereo.
Timothy Kenbert Engle of St. Paul still faces a charge of reckless discharge of a firearm, a felony. His trial on that charge began Monday before Judge George Stephenson after Engle waived his right to a jury trial.
In dismissing the assault charge, Stephenson noted that Engle had told police the November 2003 shooting of Hussein Musse, then 15, was accidental. The shooting, at an apartment building with many Somali residents, sparked criticism among Musse's family and some members of the Somali community, who said Engle's action was unwarranted.
Musse's injuries have left him paralyzed from the waist down.
Stephenson also said the defense presented evidence from a University of Colorado movement specialist, who wrote in an expert opinion that he believed Engle involuntarily pulled the trigger of his 9-mm Glock when he lost his balance.
The shooting took place when Engle — who is now studying to be a police officer — worked as a security guard with Wolf Protective Agency. A fellow guard working at the Skyline Tower, an apartment complex on St. Anthony Avenue, called for assistance when he saw what he thought was a young man trying to steal a car stereo.
When the person tried to flee in another car, Engle shot him in the back at close range, said Assistant County Attorney David Miller.
Charge dismissed in teen's shooting
Security guard still faces firearm trial
BY EMILY GURNON
Pioneer Press
A Ramsey County judge dismissed first-degree assault charges Monday against a 22-year-old security guard who shot an unarmed teenager suspected of stealing a car stereo.
Timothy Kenbert Engle of St. Paul still faces a charge of reckless discharge of a firearm, a felony. His trial on that charge began Monday before Judge George Stephenson after Engle waived his right to a jury trial.
In dismissing the assault charge, Stephenson noted that Engle had told police the November 2003 shooting of Hussein Musse, then 15, was accidental. The shooting, at an apartment building with many Somali residents, sparked criticism among Musse's family and some members of the Somali community, who said Engle's action was unwarranted.
Musse's injuries have left him paralyzed from the waist down.
Stephenson also said the defense presented evidence from a University of Colorado movement specialist, who wrote in an expert opinion that he believed Engle involuntarily pulled the trigger of his 9-mm Glock when he lost his balance.
The shooting took place when Engle — who is now studying to be a police officer — worked as a security guard with Wolf Protective Agency. A fellow guard working at the Skyline Tower, an apartment complex on St. Anthony Avenue, called for assistance when he saw what he thought was a young man trying to steal a car stereo.
When the person tried to flee in another car, Engle shot him in the back at close range, said Assistant County Attorney David Miller.
