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Retired SWAT commander who killed man after fight over phone in movie is acquitted
A Florida jury on Friday acquitted a retired law enforcement SWAT commander of murder for fatally shooting a fellow moviegoer during an argument more than cellphone use. Deliberations in the trial commenced Friday, and the six-particular person jury returned its verdict late that night time, information stores described. Retired Tampa law enforcement Capt. Curtis Reeves, now 79, had been billed with 2nd-diploma murder for killing Chad Oulson for the duration of an altercation at a suburban motion picture theater Jan. 13, 2014. For the duration of closing arguments, defense lawyer Richard Escobar stated that Oulson, 43, manufactured Reeves, then 71, reasonably consider his lifestyle was in hazard by turning, yelling…