
                         Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: SUNDAY, August 27, 1995                   TAG: 9508280091
SECTION: VIRGINIA                    PAGE: C4   EDITION: METRO 
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DATELINE: RICHMOND                                 LENGTH: Short

AUTOPSY: POLICE SHOT MAN IN BACK

The state medical examiner's office has determined that Marco Antoine Loney, killed by a Richmond police officer early Thursday, was shot in the back.

Robert Holloway, administrator of the medical examiner's office, made the disclosure Friday after an autopsy performed on the 21-year-old Danville man.

Meanwhile, Loney's Danville family is not commenting, saying only that it has retained a lawyer and plans to pursue charges against the Richmond Police Department.

``We loved Marco, and Marco is still with us,'' said LaTonya Hairston, who identified herself Friday as Loney's girlfriend. ``Justice is going to be served.''

Police say Officer Jeffrey E. Miles, an eight-year veteran, fired one shot during a foot chase because he thought Loney was reaching into his waistband for a gun.

No weapon was found where Loney fell, although police recovered four loaded handguns and crack cocaine in or beside the car that they say Loney was riding in just moments before he was killed.

- Associated Press

Keywords:
FATALITY

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