No discipline for deputy in fatal shooting

WARREN – Trumbull County Sheriff Thomas Altiere says there won’t be disciplinary action against a deputy who fatally wounded a man in Mecca Township on Dec. 22, 2007.

Altiere said Thursday that no action will be taken against Deputy Anthony Diehl in the shooting of John W. McGrath Jr., 48, of Saddler Krohler Road, Farmdale.

An internal investigation by the department’s internal affairs unit has been completed and found no wrongdoing on the part of Diehl, the sheriff said.

A probe by the Ohio Bureau of Criminal Identification and Investigation has found, so far, that the deputy followed the correct procedure and didn’t do anything improperly, Altiere said a BCI representative told him earlier this week.

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