CHESAPEAKE, Va. (AP) - An off-duty Norfolk police officer recently charged with voluntary manslaughter in the January shooting death of a Chesapeake man can be allowed out of jail on bond, a judge ruled Wednesday.
A Chesapeake Circuit Court judge set a $50,000 surety bond for Edmund Hoyt on Wednesday, The Virginian-Pilot reported. The decision came after a lower-court judge grant bond and a prosecutor appealed that decision.
Hoyt was charged last week in the Jan. 19 shooting death of Kelvin White, 42. A prosecutor said in court this week that White got into a dispute with Hoyt’s wife, who called Hoyt. The prosecutor said Hoyt responded to the scene and ended up in a fight with White before the shooting.
White’s family has told the newspaper that White was schizophrenic.
Hoyt’s attorney, James Broccoletti, said his client is on administrative leave with the Norfolk Police Department since the shooting and is not a danger to others or at risk of fleeing.
Hoyt and his wife surrendered their passports Wednesday, the newspaper reported.
Please read our comment policy before commenting.