Former Florida A&M football player Jonathan Ferrell had just crashed his car and was seeking help last September when police officer Randall Kerrick shot him 10 times. The 24-year-old died. An investigation by the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department (CMPD) where Kerrick was employed found that the shooting was “excessive” and “that Officer Kerrick did not have a lawful right to discharge his weapon during this encounter.”

But on Wednesday, a grand jury announced that it will not indict Kerrick on voluntary manslaughter charges, and requested that the attorney general assigned to the case come back with lesser charges.