Lynchburg: No jail time for officers who shot a man inside his home

Two Lynchburg Police officers charged in an officer-involved shooting have pleaded no contest to an amended charge.

Walker Sigler was shot in the leg after police said they were investigating an open door at his home on Link Road on Saturday, February 17, 2018, at approximately 1:15 a.m.

Officers with the Lynchburg Police Department said they approached the home and announced that they were there to investigate suspicious activity. One of the officers attorney's, Chuck Felmlee, said the officers then heard yelling and heavy foot steps as though someone was running toward them. They say it was Sigler who then slammed the door which made a loud clanging sound they believed to be a gun shot at the time. The officers fired four shots. One bullet hit Sigler and shattered his leg.

The Commonwealth's Attorney for the City of Alexandria was appointed to investigate the case in conjunction with the Virginia State Police.

He announced in June that Officers Edward Ferron, 41, and Savannah Simmons, 22, were both indicted on three felony counts of reckless handling of a firearm resulting in serious bodily injury, unlawful wounding and unlawful shooting at an occupied domicile.

At their trial today, they both pleaded no contest to amended charges of reckless handling of a firearm.

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