Judge sends civil case over fatal police shooting to trial

BOONEVILLE, Ky. (AP) — A federal judge says a Kentucky sheriff and deputy created a “needlessly violent confrontation” that resulted in a fatal shooting. The ruling paves the way for a civil trial in response to a lawsuit filed by the shooting victim’s children. The Lexington Herald-Leader reported Thursday that U.S. District Judge Robert E. Wier dismissed some of the lawsuit’s claims but said a jury needed to decide others, including whether the shooting was reasonable. An attorney for former Owsley County Sheriff Kelly Shouse and Deputy Michael Havicus had sought a summary judgment that would dismiss all claims against them in the 2017 shooting of Charles Harris.