The three Knoxville Police Department officers who shot and killed Austin-East Magnet High School student Anthony Thompson Jr. can be sued for failing to help the dying 17-year-old.
A federal appeals court made the ruling and say Thompson didn’t get help for at least four minutes after the confrontation with Officer Brian Baldwin, Lt. Stanley Cash and Officer Jonathon Clabough according to the officers’ body camera footage.
The school nurse finally began attending Thompson about five minutes after the initial shooting.
The three officers responded to Austin-East after a report came in that a student inside the school, Thompson, was armed. The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation found the officers were acting in self-defense when a handgun in Thompson’s hoodie went off, prompting Clabough to shoot, hitting both Thompson and other responding officer, Adam Willson.
The three officers did not face charges connected to Thompson’s death.
