An off-duty correction officer who shot and killed a teenager playing with a fake gun is not guilty of manslaughter or second-degree murder, a Bronx jury decided Thursday after less than two days of deliberation.
Dion Middleton shot 18-year-old Raymond Chaluisant in the face, around 1 a.m. on July 21, 2022, after Chaluisant struck Middleton with a gel bead fired from a fake gun. The acquittal concluded a weeks-long trial prosecuted by the New York attorney general’s office, which investigates killings by police and correction officers.
Middleton’s union praised the jury’s verdict on social media…