Ex-officer charged with murder for shooting black man

Garrett Rolfe, the former Atlanta police officer who fatally shot African American Rayshard Brooks last week, was charged on Wednesday with 11 offenses including felony murder.

The charges were announced by Paul Howard, the district attorney for Fulton County in the US state of Georgia.

Rolfe, if found guilty of felony murder, could face life in prison without parole or the death penalty, Howard said in a news conference.