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SF Cop Charged in BART Slaying

Ex-officer surrendered on suspicion of murder

By Evann Gastaldo,  Newser Staff

Posted Jan 14, 2009 7:17 AM CST

(Newser) – The transit officer who fatally shot an unarmed man on New Year's Day, sparking San Francisco-area riots, was arrested last night in Nevada on suspicion of murder, the San Francisco Chronicle reports. Sources say Johannes Mehserle, 27, had fled California after receiving death threats in...   Read full story »

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