Retired Florida Cop Who Fatally Shot Popcorn-Throwing Man In Movie Theater Acquitted

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Former Tampa police Capt. Curtis Reeves gives testimony during his second-degree murder trial on Thursday, Feb. 24, in Dade City, Florida. (Photo: Douglas R. Clifford/Tampa Bay Times via Associated Press)

A retired Florida police captain has been acquitted in the shooting death of a man in a movie theater.

After a nine-day trial in which he testified that he feared for his life when he fatally shot Chad Oulson in a movie theater, a jury acquitted him on Friday.

Oulson took out his cellphone during previews for a screening of the Afghan war movie, and was told to put his phone down by the projector.

He was so angry that he was going to strike me with all the strength that he could put together.

The witnesses testified that Oulson threw the popcorn at the 71-year-old man. When Oulson was killed, he was shot in the chest with a.380 handgun.

Nicole Oulson was at the theater with her husband. He took his phone out during previews to check on their daughter. She said that the bullet that killed Chad Oulson almost severed her finger as she tried to get him to sit down.

Another witness testified that after firing the fatal shot, he muttered "throw popcorn in my face."

Oulson appeared to be ready to hit him.

I was completely defenseless, and I have never seen someone like that before.

The article was originally on HuffPost.

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