Officer Ray Tensing is in custody and reportedly broke down in tears when he was notified that he was being charged with murder in the death of Samuel Dubose, according to his lawyer, Stew Mathews, NBC 12 reports.
Tensing reportedly turned himself in and will be arraigned Friday, according to the news station.
“Ray Tensing’s a good kid, an excellent officer who is in a bad situation at this point,” Mathews said.
Prosecutor Joe Deters told those gathered at a news conference that he hopes Tensing gets life in prison. “I think he lost his temper because Mr. Dubose wouldn’t get out of his car. When you see this, you will not believe how quickly he pulls his gun and shoots him. It’s so senseless,” Deters said.
“I feel so sorry for his family and what they lost, and I feel sorry for the community, too, because we’ve worked so hard to develop great police relationships with the community, and to have this type of a senseless act take place in Cincinnati. This doesn’t happen in the United States, OK? This might happen in Afghanistan or somewhere. This just does not happen in the United States,” Deters added.
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