Steve Neavling
ticklethewire.com
The Justice Department has declined to open a criminal investigation into the FBI-involved shooting that left a New Orleans man dead during an undercover drug sting last summer, the Times-Picayune reports.
It’s the second time an agency has opted against pursuing charges against the agent, who shot 37-year-old Allen Desdunes on July 30.
“The Civil Rights Division reviewed the information collected by the FBI regarding the shooting and declined to open a criminal investigation,” said spokeswoman Dena Iverson.
Whatever prompted the shooting remains unclear because the FBI has been tight-lipped.
This much is known: Agents were investigating Desdunes following a drug deal when the shooting occurred.
