Warrant issued for Westmoreland Co. man acquitted in 2015 death of police officer

An arrest warrant has been issued against a Westmoreland County man acquitted in the 2015 killing of a police officer from Somerset County.

The Pittsburgh Tribune Review reports that Ray Shetler Jr. failed to appear for a probation revocation hearing and prosecutors contend he violated terms of his probation sentence for theft and receiving stolen property convictions related to the homicide case.

He had been charged with shooting and killing Officer Lloyd Reed during a 2015 domestic dispute call in New Florence, but a jury agreed he was acting in self-defense, not realizing it was an officer who was on scene.

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