A police board has cleared Detective Bryan Yant in his shooting of an unarmed, small-time drug dealer, but it recommended that investigators look at Yant’s mistakes leading up to the shooting of Trevon Cole. A Clark County coroner’s inquest jury in August also found the shooting justified.
A Clark County coroner’s inquest jury took 90 minutes Saturday to rule the fatal police shooting of an unarmed man justified, capping two days of pointed questioning and contradictory evidence in one of the more controversial officer-involved shootings in recent history.
On a day marked by conflicting statements, foggy memories and faulty assumptions, Friday’s testimony at the coroner’s inquest into the fatal police shooting of 21-year-old Trevon Cole left more questions than answers.
