CORRECTIONS SHOOTING CHARGE

A HIGH-RANKING EMPLOYEE OF THE OHIO DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS AND REHABILITATION HAS BEEN CHARGED IN THE DEATH OF ANOTHER CORRECTIONS OFFICER. 
IT WAS INITIALLY CALLED A "TRAGIC ACCIDENT" BY THE DIRECTOR OF THE OHIO DEPARTMENT OF REHABILITATION AND CORRECTIONS. LT. RODNEY OSBORNE WAS SHOT AND KILLED DURING A TRAINING EXERCISE ON APRIL NINTH AT THE CORRECTIONS TRAINING ACADEMY IN ORIENT. AUTOPSY RECORDS SHOW THE 43-YEAR-OLD- WAS SHOT IN THE CHEST. THE OHIO STATE HIGHWAY PATROL WAS CALLED IN TO INVESTIGATE AND DEEMED OSBORNE'S DEATH A RECKLESS HOMICIDE. DAVID PEARSON IS NOW CHARGED IN DEATH. HE IS THE WEST REGIONAL SPECIAL OPERATIONS COMMANDER AND HAS WORKED FOR ODRC SINCE 2005.