MILWAUKEE (AP) — A jury in Milwaukee has wrapped up its first partial day of deliberations without a verdict in the trial of a former police officer charged in the death of a black man. Dominique Heaggan-Brown, who is also black, shot 23-year-old Sylville Smith last August as the man was fleeing. Prosecutors say Smith was defenseless when Heaggan-Brown fired the shot that killed him. Lawyers for the former policeman say he had to make a quick decision. Smith’s death sparked two nights of rioting on the city’s north side. Heaggan-Brown was fired two months after Smith’s death when he was charged with sexual assault in an unrelated case. The jury resumes at Wednesday morning at 9 a.m central time.
