An Englewood police officer who fatally shot a man in February at the former Englewood Inn today was criminally cleared by a Montgomery County grand jury.
Officer Timothy Corcoran, a 10-year veteran of the Englewood Police Department and 17-year officer, shot and killed Shelly Porter III, 41, on Feb. 5 outside the former Englewood Inn.
“This has been a tragic event for everyone involved,” Englewood police Sgt. Mike Lang said. “We are appreciative of the diligent efforts of the Attorney General’s office and the agents of (the Bureau of Criminal Investigation). “Once we obtain (BCI’s) investigation and briefing Monday morning, we will release all investigative materials, including all body camera footage, to the public.”
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Corcoran saw Porter earlier Feb. 5 in the parking lot of Hampton Inn at 180 Rockridge Road, according to police.
“The suspect was acting suspicious in that he was dressed inappropriately for the weather and was just king of hanging out in the parking lot of a hotel where he was not staying,” Lang said earlier this year.
Dispatchers later got a call from the assistant manager of Motel 6 at 9325 N. Main St. about a damaged a motel room. Officers found spent and unspent rounds in the room rented by Porter, but did not find a firearm.
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During a search for Porter, Corcoran found him in the parking lot of the closed motel on South Main Street. After the scuffle and shooting, Porter was taken to Miami Valley Hospital, where he died.
"After consideration of all the testimony and evidence, the grand jury returned a no true bill,” finding that the officer’s actions “were legal under the circumstances,” the prosecutor’s office stated.
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