The family of a man killed by Fall River, Massachusetts, police officers three years ago is offering a $10,000 reward for tips that advance their understanding of the investigation into his death.
Their relative, Anthony Harden, was shot in his bedroom in November 2021 by a Fall River police officer shortly after Harden’s girlfriend reported him for alleged domestic violence.
An investigation by the Bristol County District Attorney’s Office cleared the two police officers involved of wrongdoing based on statements they made claiming Harden attacked one of them with a knife.
Investigators did not find a knife near Harden’s body, instead marking a steak knife found behind a television set across the room as the alleged weapon.
Harden’s family has since mounted an aggressive legal battle to gather more investigative records and petition Massachusetts’ highest court to remove the district attorney from office. The latter lawsuit established that the officer who claimed Harden attacked him, Michael Sullivan, is a lifelong friend of the district attorney’s son — a potential conflict of interest that the district attorney, Thomas M. Quinn III, never disclosed during his investigation.
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