An unarmed black man who was fatally shot by a white police officer in Tulsa had the drug PCP in his system when he died last month, according to a medical examiner's report.
Terence Crutcher had "acute phencyclidine intoxication" when he was shot by officer Betty Shelby, according to a report from the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner in Oklahoma, which was released today.
Crutcher, 40, suffered a "penetrating gunshot wound of chest," states the report, which notes that some of his ribs were fractured and that a bullet fragment was recovered.
"The cause of death is penetrating gunshot wound of chest with musculoskeletal and visceral injuries," states the report. "The manner of death is classified as homicide."
Shelby was charged with first-degree manslaughter in the wake of Crutcher's death. Tulsa District Attorney Steve Kunzweiler filed the charge against the five-year veteran of the Tulsa Police Department after the September 17 shooting.