Grand jury to get Monroe police shooting case - Black Man Killed by Cops

• Witnesses Contradict Police Account
  

A grand jury will study the shooting death of a man by Monroe police next month, a prosecutor says. William Mack Henderson, 58, died Aug. 22 during a confrontation with police. Officers said Henderson refused to drop a knife and chain and lunged at an officer. Henderson was shot an undisclosed number of times. District Attorney Jerry Jones said he received a 1,000-page report Wednesday from state police. Jones said he plans to present the case to a grand jury during the first two weeks of December. At least two people claiming to have witnessed the shooting contradicted the police department's account. Officials involved in the probe have not verified or discredited those statements. Jones said the state police investigation would not be made public before the grand jury meets. [more]