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Grand jury will review case of man shot, killed by Fort Myers PD

By Daily News staff

Tuesday, June 5, 2007

The State Attorney's office has finished reviewing a report from the Florida Department of Law Enforcement on the fatal shooting of Ernest Weston and has decided to forward the Fort Myers police-involved case to a grand jury.

According to a release issued this afternoon, the grand jury is expected to meet on June 19 and begin reviewing the case. The 41-year-old Weston, who was mentally handicapped, was shot and killed by Fort Myers police in February. Police said they were acting in self-defense.

Weston's aunt, Thelma House, said she was pleased her nephew's case will move to a grand jury, but she still has questions she'd like to pose to State Attorney Stephen Russell in a meeting. House declined to say what those questions were.