No Charges in Baldwin Shooting
No charges will be filed against former Nebraska running back Scott Baldwin or the police officers involved in the shooting that might have left him paralyzed from the waist down.
Douglas County (Neb.) Attorney Jim Jansen said Monday that charges won’t be filed against Baldwin, nor was there apparent wrongdoing by the two officers involved in Saturday’s shooting in which police responded to a 911 call that indicated Baldwin jumped out of a car and later was seen walking nude on the street.
The officers found Baldwin trying to enter a residence and a scuffle followed, according to police chief Jim Skinner. He said Baldwin tried to wrest a gun from one of the officers’ holsters. The second officer pulled her pistol and shot Baldwin, Skinner said.
Baldwin was under court-supervised outpatient treatment for severe depression after being found not responsible by reason of insanity in the January beating of a woman and a police officer.
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