The Latest: Family of shooting victim pleased with charge
CLEARWATER, Fla. (AP) — The Latest on the shooting of an unarmed black man by a white Florida man (all times local):
4:35 p.m.
Family members of an unarmed black man who was shot and killed at a Florida convenience store say they are pleased the suspect was charged with manslaughter.
On Monday, prosecutors charged 47-year-old Michael Drejka in the death of 28-year-old Markeis McGlockton. Drejka is white.
At a news conference later Monday, McGlockton's father said he knows the court proceedings will be lengthy. He says it's his hope that Drejka will be convicted and sentenced to a long prison term.