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Ventnor police cleared in 2020 fatal shooting of Pa. man

A state grand jury declined to indict the three officers, Michael Arena, Pierluigi Mancuso, and Robert Scarborough, in the death of Amir Johnson, 30, of Wilkes Barre.

A Ventnor police body-camera video showed Amir Johnson approaching the officer with a glass bottle on Aug. 6, 2020, in the area of Wellington and West End Avenues. Three Ventnor police officers shot Johnson shortly afterward. He died that day at a hospital.
A Ventnor police body-camera video showed Amir Johnson approaching the officer with a glass bottle on Aug. 6, 2020, in the area of Wellington and West End Avenues. Three Ventnor police officers shot Johnson shortly afterward. He died that day at a hospital.Read moreNew Jersey Attorney General's Office