Grand jury indicts police lieutenant of murder charge

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A grand jury has found an Oklahoma police lieutenant at fault in the fatal shooting of a road rage suspect during an early morning pursuit.

John Mitchell,40 is accused in a second degree murder indictment of causing the death of pickup driver Michael Ann Godsey by firing 60 rounds at her may 20th in Blackwell about 90 miles from Oklahoma City.

Grand jurors concluded he acted without justification or excusable cause and engaged in imminently dangerous conduct toward Godsey.If convicted he faces 10 years in prison.

USA TODAY