The Santa Clara County District Attorney’s Office has determined that a San Jose police sniper acted lawfully when he shot and killed a man who threatened to chop off the heads of a family last year.
In a 21-page report released Tuesday, prosecutor Robert Baker said the sniper, Officer Edward Carboni, acted in lawful defense of the family, consisting of a mother and her two children.
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