posted April 25, 2008 09:51 AM
3 NYPD detectives cleared in groom's 50-shot death By TOM HAYS,
Associated Press Writer
8 minutes agoThree NYPD detectives have been acquitted of all counts in the 50-
shot killing of an unarmed groom-to-be on his wedding day.
Michael Oliver, Gescard Isnora and Marc Cooper were cleared in the
2006 slaying of Sean Bell. Isnora and Oliver faced the most serious
charge of manslaughter.
Shouts of "No!" and "Not guilty!" erupted in the crowd outside the
courthouse as word of the verdict spread. Some people wept on each
other's shoulders.
Justice Arthur Cooperman delivered the verdict in a Queens courtroom
packed with spectators, including the victim's fiance and parents.
The ruling brings an end to a nearly two-month trial.
Bell was killed outside a seedy strip club in Queens on Nov. 25, 2006
as he was leaving his bachelor party with two friends.