Judge OKs evidence of prior drive-by in cop’s homicide case

PITTSBURGH — Jurors in the case of a white western Pennsylvania police officer accused of shooting to death a black teenager last summer will hear evidence about a drive-by shooting that happened about 15 minutes before Antwon Rose II was killed.

A judge Monday allowed testimony at the trial of Michael Rosfeld regarding the drive-by shooting that involved the vehicle in which 17-year-old Rose was a passenger. The trial begins Tuesday.

Rosfeld’s lawyer has said Rose’s shooting was justified.

Allegheny County Judge Alexander Bicket isn’t letting jurors hear details about a robbery that Rosfeld’s lawyer says involved Rose before the drive-by incident and before his fatal shooting.

Bicket says his decision may be revisited.

Rose was shot three times, including in the back, as he ran from a vehicle Rosfeld had pulled over.

The Associated Press

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