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Cop cleared

Shot dead a suspect

RUTLAND VT -- The Vermont attorney general will not bring criminal charges against a Rutland police officer who shot and killed a man inside a McDonald's bathroom.

Rutland City Police Cpl. Christopher Rose was justified in shooting Jonathan Mansilla because Rose reasonably feared for his safety, Attorney General T.J. Donovan said.

Rose told investigators he believed Mansilla was holding a weapon as the man ran toward him from a bathroom stall.

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The object was a cellphone.

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