Officers Testify in Bell Shooting Inquiry

WNYC News | Jul 12, 2010

New York, NY —

Two of the five police officers under investigation by a Queens grand jury testifed yesterday how they came to fire the 50 shots that killed Sean Bell.

Detective Paul Headley and Officer Michael Carey both left the closed-door session without speaking to reporters. Grand jury proceedings are secret. The grand jury called the officers to testify based on the number of bullets they fired: Headley fired 1 round; Carey, 3; Marc Cooper, 4; Gescard Isnora, 11 and Michael Oliver, 31.

The officers' testimony is expected to take the entire week, meaning that a vote on whether or not they should face criminal charge could come in mid-March.

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