Partial verdict in trial of 2 ex-officers

November 27, 2013 at 8:30a.m.

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A jury has convicted two former Philadelphia police officers of reckless endangering but deadlocked on other charges in an off-duty shooting that prosecutors said was over a stolen pizza.

The Philadelphia Inquirer reports that jurors deadlocked Tuesday on a charge of voluntary manslaughter against former sergeant Chauncey Ellison and criminal conspiracy against former officer Robin Fortune.

Authorities said the two chased a suspect in 2008 after their teenage sons were robbed of a pizza, and Ellison ended up shooting a 19-year-old man, who was paralyzed and died three months later. Both were fired in 2010.

Jurors twice interrupted deliberations to rehear testimony by neighbors who said they saw the victim with a gun.