PUYALLUP, Wash. (AP) — Police in Washington say they have made an arrest in a teenager’s fatal shooting last month, after their initial response to the case highlighted questions about the state’s sweeping new police reform laws. Sixteen-year-old Franklin Thananga was shot to death July 28 in a department store parking lot southeast of Tacoma. Pierce County sheriff’s deputies declined to use a police dog to track the suspect, suggesting that a new change in when police can use force prevented them from doing so. Activists who support the laws disputed that argument and accused some police of engaging in a “disinformation campaign” to undermine support for the reforms.
Arrest made in killing amid uproar over state police reforms
