BRUNSWICK COUNTY, N.C. —A North
Carolina police detective has been charged with voluntary manslaughter in
connection with the shooting death of a mentally ill teenager last month.
Bryon Vassey was indicted by a
grand jury Monday in connection with the Jan. 5 death of Keith Vidal, 18.
Vassey is a police detective in Southport.
A judge set Vassey's bond at
$50,000 secured and ordered him to turn himself in by noon Wednesday.
Vidal, who had schizophrenia,
was killed Jan. 5 in Boiling Spring Lakes about 20 miles south of Wilmington.
Family members said they called police after Vidal picked up a screwdriver and
threatened his mother.
