COLUMBIA, S.C. – The Latest on a white former state trooper who pleaded guilty in the shooting of an unarmed black driver (all times local):
1:40 p.m.
A white former South Carolina state trooper has been led out of a courtroom in handcuffs after a judge ordered him to jail as he awaits sentencing for shooting an unarmed black driver.
Circuit Judge Casey Manning said Monday he wants time to think about Sean Groubert's sentence. But the judge's decision to send the 32-year-old Groubert to jail indicates he will serve some prison time.
Groubert pleaded guilty to assault and battery of a high and aggravated nature in the 2014 shooting after a traffic stop.
He faces up to 20 years in prison. No date was set for the sentencing.
The shooting captured on dash-cam video from the trooper's patrol car shocked the country, coming during a wave of questionable police shootings.
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1:20 p.m.
A white South Carolina trooper has pleaded guilty to assault and battery of a high and aggravated nature in the 2014 shooting an unarmed black driver seconds after a traffic stop.
Trooper Sean Groubert entered his plea Monday. He faces up to 20 years in prison.
The shooting captured on dash-cam video from the trooper's patrol car shocked the country, coming during a wave of questionable police shootings.
Levar Jones was walking into a convenience store when Groubert got out of his car and demanded Jones' driver's license.
Jones turned back to reach in his car and Groubert fired four shots. Jones' wallet is seen flying out of his hands.
Jones was shot in the hip and survived. Groubert's boss fired Groubert after seeing the video.
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