The Connecticut Inspector General’s Office said Wednesday that a white U.S. soldier has been charged with manslaughter after fatally shooting a 19-year-old black man after a 2020 car chase.
After a “long chase” on January 15, 2020, the soldier, Brian North, stopped a stolen vehicle and fatally shot Mubarak Suleman seven times through the car window.
Soulemane, who was diagnosed with schizophrenia at the age of 14, was holding a knife when he was killed, according to a report by Inspector General Robert Devlin.
The U.S. Department of Criminal Justice announced North’s arrest on Wednesday, saying the soldier was charged with first-degree manslaughter.
The Office of the Inspector General’s 133-page shooting report also explicitly states that the use of force by North is not justified.
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“At the time Soldier North fired his weapon, neither he nor anyone else was in imminent danger of being seriously injured or killed by a knife attack at Soulemane’s hands,” the Devlin report said.
“Besides, any belief that people are in such danger is not reasonable. That’s why I find that North’s use of deadly force is not justified by Connecticut law, “the report added.
North was released on $ 50,000 bail, according to investigators. He is due to appear in Milford Supreme Court on May 3.
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