NYC officer testifies at partner's manslaughter trial
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}A New York City police officer has taken the witness stand for the prosecution at his former partner's manslaughter trial.
Officer Shawn Landau told a Brooklyn jury Tuesday that Officer Peter Liang's (lee-ANG') weapon went off without warning as they patrolled a housing project in 2014. A bullet ricocheted off a wall and fatally struck Akai (uh-KY') Gurley.
Landau testified that while Gurley's girlfriend and others tried to save him, the two officers wasted four minutes bickering over which one should report that he had fired his gun.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Lawyers for Liang say the shooting was an accident, not a crime. But prosecutors say he handled his weapon recklessly and even after he realized he'd shot an innocent man, did almost nothing to help him.