Body-camera video from another officer shows the ex-cop, Dominique Heaggan-Brown, fired a second shot into Smith’s chest after the suspect had tossed his weapon and had his hands near his head, according to the complaint.
Smith had been armed with a semi-automatic handgun with an extended magazine but Heaggan-Brown’s body camera showed that he tossed the weapon over a fence moments before he was shot the first time, the complaint said.
Heaggan-Brown, who was fired following a sexual assault investigation in a separate case, faces a maximum prison sentence of 60 years if convicted in the fatal shooting of the 23-year-old, whose death sparked days of unrest in the Wisconsin city.
Police have said the former officer shot Smith after he failed to comply with orders to put down his gun, which was loaded with 23 rounds — more than the officer was carrying.
Smith — described by family as a caring father, a loyal friend and popular dancer in Milwaukee’s thriving hip-hop scene — was known to Heaggan-Brown before the fatal encounter in August, Smith’s relatives and friends said at the time.
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