WASHINGTON — Fairfax County’s Commonwealth attorney will present the evidence in the police shooting death of John Geer to a special grand jury, nearly two years after the 46-year-old was shot and killed in the doorway of his Springfield, Virginia home.
Ray Morrogh tells WTOP in an email Thursday that his office is working to coordinate the schedule
“I hope to have the grand jury complete its work by the end of the summer if at all possible,” he writes.
The announcement comes just a day after the Fairfax County Board approved a civil settlement with Geer’s family. The $2.95 million settlement will go to Geer’s teenage daughters.
Geer’s family members say they still want to see the police officer who shot him prosecuted.
Geer was talking to other police officers in 2013 when Officer Adam Torres shot him. Torres says he saw Geer’s hands flinch toward his waist. The other officers on the scene say they did not see that.
On Tuesday, Sharon Bulova, chairman for the Fairfax County Board, said she believed police department discipline for Torres could be finalized within weeks.
Torres has been on administrative duty.
