
Retired SWAT officer Curtis Reeves acquitted in Florida movie theater shooting
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A Florida jury on Friday acquitted a retired police SWAT commander of murder for fatally shooting a fellow moviegoer during an argument over cellphone use.
Deliberations in the trial began Friday and the six-person jury returned its verdict late that night, news outlets reported.
Retired Tampa police Captain Curtis Reeves, now 79, had been charged with second-degree murder for killing Chad Oulson during an altercation at a suburban movie theater on January 13, 2014.

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