On September 14, 2013, Jonathan Ferrell (born October 11, 1988),[2] a 24-year-old former college football player for the Florida A&M University Rattlers was involved in a car crash.
Witnesses testified that Ferrell walked to the nearby home of Sarah McCartney after the accident and pounded on the door seeking help.
[8] The day following the shooting, Officer Randall "Wes" Kerrick was charged with voluntary manslaughter, and was released on $45,000 bail from jail.
[10] On August 21, 2015, a 26th District judge declared a mistrial in the case after the jury reached a deadlock, with eight jurors on one side and four on the other.
[4] The Attorney General of North Carolina, Roy Cooper, said that the state would not re-try Kerrick.