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No indictment in Portsmouth shooting of Kazakh man

The officer's account Officer Stephen D. Rankin, 32 and a three-year member of the department, responded to an emergency dispatch for a burglary in progress. When he arrived, he pointed his gun at Denyakin, identified himself and commanded him to stop and get on the ground. Rankin has said that Denyakin instead reached into his pants and charged at him, prompting the officer to open fire to stop what he believed was a threat to his life.

Denyakin was struck 11 times and died at the scene.

PORTSMOUTH

A grand jury has opted not to indict a police officer who fatally shot an unarmed Kazakh man outside an Olde Towne apartment.

The decision ends the criminal investigation of the April 23 shooting of Kirill Denyakin, 26, by Officer Stephen D. Rankin. A Virginia State Police agent presented evidence Thursday, and the grand jury considered a charge of voluntary manslaughter, Commonwealth's Attorney Earle C. Mobley said.

Mobley said he wanted a grand jury to consider the case because of the questions about the shooting and to allow the public to have a say after hearing all the evidence. "It's not just one person making a decision in a vacuum," he said.

Friends and co-workers of Denyakin's had rallied in support for him and questioned the use of deadly force.

The shooting also prompted anger in Denyakin's native Kazakhstan, a former Soviet republic and a U.S. ally. The U.S. State Department called Mobley's office numerous times about the investigation, and an assistant secretary of state in May expressed condolences to the family and friends of Denyakin and the people of Kazakhstan. About 20 people protested at the U.S. consulate in the city of Almaty.

"It has been investigated by the state police. It has been reviewed by the Justice Department," Mobley said. "The state police did a very exhaustive investigation."

Ali Sprinkle, Rankin's attorney, said Rankin fully cooperated with the state police investigation.

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