The officers were not asked to enter pleas during the hearing, when they were officially informed of the charges that they face.
Officer Geoffrey H.L. Thom fired 10 rounds at Skyap through the rear window of the Honda using a 9 mm Glock semi-automatic firearm, prosecutors said. The five-year police department veteran fired the shots “without provocation” after the car came to a stop at an intersection, according to court documents.
Fellow officers Zackary Ah Nee and Christopher Fredeluces, who also opened fire, are charged with second-degree attempted murder, which also carry minimum sentences of 20 years.Attorneys for the three officers said in a statement that “it is clear that most in our community believe that filing these charges after an independent Grand Jury rejected them is concerning, to say the very least.”