Danville officer involved in two fatal shootings will be tried for 2018 incident

Danville Police Officer Andrew Hall will stand trial on voluntary manslaughter in the 2018 shooting death of Laudemer Arboleda, but a judge threw out the charge of assault with a semi-automatic weapon, saying at a preliminary hearing Tuesday the prosecutor did not adequately prove the gun used was technically semi-automatic.

Contra Costa County Superior Court Judge Terri Mockler said there was not enough evidence showing Hall’s claim of self-defense in firing ten bullets at Laudemer was legitimate. Hall’s defense team argued Arboleda was driving his car at Hall, and the shooting may have saved his life.