Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: THURSDAY, August 31, 1995 TAG: 9508310066
SECTION: VIRGINIA PAGE: C-3 EDITION: METRO
SOURCE: Associated Press
DATELINE: RICHMOND LENGTH: Short
Circuit Judge Thomas N. Nance on Wednesday named Paul B. Ebert, commonwealth's attorney in Prince William County since 1967, to investigate the shooting of Marco A. Loney, 21.
Ebert prosecuted John Bobbitt in 1993 and Lorena Bobbitt in 1994. John Bobbitt was acquitted of sexually assaulting his wife. Lorena Bobbitt was found innocent by reason of insanity for cutting off her husband's penis.
Loney's family requested a special prosecutor. Loney died Thursday after being shot in the back by Officer Jeffrey E. Miles.
``We're not going to take this lying down,'' said Loney's uncle, Calven Loney. ``It's open season on young blacks.'' Calven Loney said Wednesday he was unaware that Ebert had been appointed and would make no comment on that.
Richmond police say Miles fired one shot at Loney as he chased him on foot. Loney, who had been riding in a car with three other men, ran after police stopped the car.
Police said Miles fired because he believed Loney was reaching into his waistband for a gun, but no weapon was found where Loney fell. Police found four handguns and crack cocaine at the car.
But family attorney Joseph D. Morrissey said he has talked to six witnesses who told him Loney had both hands in the air when he was shot in the back. Morrissey did not return phone calls Wednesday.
Family members described Loney as a loving man who doted on his 2-year-old son. But Loney also had a criminal record that included a January conviction for carrying a concealed handgun.
by CNB