Prosecutor says Jeffersonville officers were justified in deadly shooting in March

A 17-year-old has been charged as an adult for attempted murder after police say he fired shots at Clarksville Police Chief Mark Palmer's home in S...

May 24, 2023
8:36 PM

A 17-year-old has been charged as an adult for attempted murder after police say he fired shots at Clarksville Police Chief Mark Palmer's home in September. Creative Commons Robert W. Atkins, 44, died March 12, three days after being shot by officers in the parking lot of Eastlawn Arms on East Eighth Street. Police said they had responded on a report of a man with a gun. They said they shot Atkins after he fired two shots in the air and advanced on the officers. The agency presented body camera footage from three of the five responding officers following the shooting.

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