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The case was dropped Thursday after a third jury did not indict former officer Ryan Remington on a manslaughter charge in the killing of Richard Lee Richards outside a Lowe鈥檚 store in 蜜柚直播鈥檚 south side.

Remington, then a TPD officer, was working off duty at a Walmart on 蜜柚直播鈥檚 south side, fatally shot Richards, 61, outside a nearby Lowe鈥檚 store after being told Richards had just stolen a toolbox and threatened a Walmart employee with a knife, according to prior news reports.

At the time, Richards was on a motorized scooter he rode from Walmart to Lowe鈥檚 when Remington and and another officer followed him. They yelled for Richards to stop as he approached the Lowe鈥檚 garden section entrance, but Richards ignored them, a video of the confrontation shows.

Remington then fired his gun, striking Richards nine times.

Remington was later fired from the police department.

The Pima County Attorney鈥檚 Office said Thursday it respects 鈥渢he decision of the current grand jury to decline the case鈥� and will close the file and no longer 鈥渟eek further review of the case.鈥�

This 鈥渓ong arduous process鈥� that spent over three years in various levels of the courts, Conover said Thursday in a that accompanied the news release about the grand jury鈥檚 decision 鈥渇alls in line with a trend of nationwide, high-profile officer involved shootings or excessive force.鈥�

鈥淭hese cases take a very long time to analyze and go forth,鈥� Conover said in the video. 鈥淚t is often, across the nation, that no criminal charges are sought, or grand juries decline to file criminal charges, or juries acquit officers based on conduct when there is an allegation of excessive use of force or an unlawful shooting.

鈥淎nd 蜜柚直播 law is no different. There are 蜜柚直播 statutes that must be analyzed before a decision is made, explained to a grand jury or a jury in a felony trial, that apply only to officers in the line of duty and don鈥檛 apply to the rest of us,鈥� Conover said. 鈥淲e are disappointed with this outcome because we believed it was proper to present this case to the grand jury, but we will respect the decision from here on out.鈥�

A first grand jury indicted Remington on a charge of manslaughter was remanded. In January 2023, a second grand jury declined to indict Remington.

Conover, addressing Richards鈥� sister, Victoria, said in her video that the grand jury decision does not diminish her loss.

鈥淭his decision does not diminish the childhood, siblinghood that you enjoyed . . . and this decision does not diminish your grief,鈥� Conover said.

Mike Storie, Remington鈥檚 attorney, told the Star that he and his co-counsel, Natasha Wrae, feel the grand jury鈥檚 decision 鈥渋s a mixture of relief, happiness and anger.鈥�

鈥淚t鈥檚 a result that we鈥檝e always expected, and although a longtime delay, we鈥檙e thrilled that Ryan can move on with his life,鈥� Storie said Thursday. But he said he also was angry about it, 鈥渂ecause this whole thing started as a result of irresponsible statements made by public officials, including Mayor (Regina) Romero, Laura Conover and former police chief (Chris) Magnus, who stated that Ryan was a criminal and this case was indefensible.鈥�

Storie also took issue with the statement from Conover鈥檚 office calling Richards鈥� sister a victim. He said the term by the office is 鈥渁n insult to every true victim or survivor of a true homicide.鈥�

鈥淚n order to have a victim, there must be a crime,鈥� Storie said.鈥滺ere, there is no crime, thus no victim.鈥�

鈥淩yan faces the daunting challenge of rebuilding his life, which was destroyed by the public officials who vilified him in the court of public opinion. (Conover鈥檚 statement) shows her feelings about police officers . . . she would want a police officer charged with a crime, even though jurors of our peers found that there was no crime and (Remington) was justified.鈥�