Devin Brosnan, a former Atlanta Police officer, has posted bond and is out of jail Thursday afternoon after turning himself in to the Fulton County Jail on aggravated assault charges for his alleged role in the shooting death of Rayshard Brooks.
Brosnan turned himself in Thursday morning and has been charged with aggravated assault and violation of oath by a public officer in the fatal shooting of 27 year-old Rayshard Brooks on June 12.
According to the Georgia Bureau of Investigation, Brooks had fallen asleep in his car while in the drive-thru of a Wendy’s on University Avenue in Atlanta. The GBI said when officers Garrett Rolfe and Devin Brosnan arrived, they talked with Brooks and gave him a sobriety test, which they said he failed.
At that point, Brooks and the officers struggled before he was able to get control of one of the officer’s stun guns. The GBI said Brooks then began to run and the officers started to chase him. GBI investigators said Brooks turned to the officers with the stun gun up and he was shot by Officer Rolfe who was chasing him. Brooks later died at a hospital during surgery.
Thursday afternoon, Brosnan appeared on MSNBC with his attorney, Don Samuel, and said he did not see Rolfe kick Brooks when he was down. His attorney also said Brosnan, “didn’t see Officer Rolfe’s first encounter with Brooks and he can’t provide any information about that at all.”
The big question was whether Brosnan would be a cooperating witness with the district attorney’s office. Samuel said Brosnan is not a state witness or a defense witness, “he’s a witness.”
“He’s going to answer anybody’s questions accurately and if Officer Rolfe subpoenas him, he’ll answer his questions,” Samuel said. “Right now, the DA has charged him with a crime. So he’s a defendant now and he’s not going to answer the DA’s questions while they bring these false charges against him.”
Samuel continued, “I regret the DA was given misinformation yesterday. Officer Brosnan is not going to be a ‘state’s witness’ which is kind of TV talk. He’s either going to be a witness and describe the facts or he’s going to be sitting beside me at the counsel table.”
Rolfe faces 11 charges including felony murder and aggravated assault and has yet to turn himself in. He has until 6 p.m. Thursday night.
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