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JACKSON, Wyo. – A Wyoming teenager sues an officer on leave from Colorado who fired a gun at him as he rushed to a bus stop in Jackson.
The Jackson Hole News & Guide reports that 18-year-old Gerardo Becerra has filed charges of assault, assault and battery, and false imprisonment against Vanessa Schultz in a Wyoming court.
Schultz is a Colorado police officer. She was on vacation when she heard a loud noise and assumed that a teenager who was running nearby had committed a crime. Becerra was running to catch a bus.
The lawsuit states that Schultz reportedly arrested Becerra, threatened to shoot him and was "marveled" at the police's arrival.
A special prosecutor concluded that Schultz should not have withdrawn his weapon, but that criminal prosecution was not justified.
A telephone message for Schultz left with the Lakewood Police Department was not immediately returned.
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This story was corrected to reflect the fact that Becerra was running to catch the bus, not Schultz.
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Information from: News and Guide to Jackson Hole (Wyo.), Http://www.jhnewsandguide.com
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