From [HERE] and [HERE] A District Heights police officer who shot a handcuffed Black man in the back as he fled from the officer’s custody was indicted Thursday on attempted murder in connection with the shooting, Prince George’s County prosecutors said. Sgt. Johnnie Riley, an eight-year department veteran, also faces misconduct in office and assault charges stemming from the September shooting that paralyzed 26-year-old Kalvin Kyle from the chest down. The shooting unfolded in front of a daycare when parents were picking up their children.

According to District Heights police, Sgt. Riley had arrested Mr. Kyle after he was stopped on a stolen motorcycle in the 6200 block of Foster Street. Mr. Kyle was placed in the back of a police cruiser but escaped and was shot in the back as he fled, said his attorney, Christopher Griffiths. “The police officer had removed his shoes and handcuffed him and searched him, so he didn’t have a weapon,” Mr. Griffiths said. “All the officer had to do to stop him was to grab him.”

A bullet struck Mr. Kyle in the back, paralyzing him from the chest down. He remained in a hospital undergoing physical rehabilitation until Wednesday, when he was able to return home for the first time since the Sept. 6 shooting, Mr. Griffiths said.

A woman who does not want to be identified tells 9News that "the officer got out grabbed the young guy by the hair, which he had dreads, and threw him on the ground." She says she saw the shooting through a window "He threw a baton, the baton missed, he pulled out his gun and three shots went off. He fell to the ground, face down." [MORE]