NEW KENSINGTON, Pa. (AP) - A Pennsylvania police chief who oversaw the department when a rookie officer was fatally shot during a traffic stop says he accepted a new job a day before the shooting.
New Kensington Police Chief Jim Klein tells the Tribune-Review he’s retiring from the department where he has worked since 1992.
He accepted a job as captain of UPMC’s police and security service on Nov. 16. The next day, 25-year-old Officer Brian Shaw was shot and killed.
Klein says the new job “was in motion before the incident.”
Police say 29-year-old Rahmael Holt shot Shaw after the officer attempted to make a traffic stop. The shooting led to a four-day manhunt.
Holt’s faces charges including murder of a law enforcement officer.
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