Three Cincinnati police officers have been cleared of wrongdoing in the March death of a suspected robber who refused to show them his hands.

        The officers fired 26 shots at Alfred Lamont Pope, hitting him with at least 10. The number caused uproar among Mr. Pope's friends, who questioned why the officers fired so much.

Pope	Carder
Lamb	Grubbs

        The police division released the internal report Thursday. It said Mr. Pope, 23, of Bond Hill, fell on an embankment off Reading Road in Avondale about 3:30 a.m. Officers had been chasing him since they responded to a call about somebody pistol-whipping people in an apartment building hallway. His pistol lay underneath him near his head, the report said.

        When Officer Kenneth Grubbs saw the weapon, the report said, he yelled, “Gun! He's got a gun. Get away! Back away!” He and officers Daniel Carder and Jason Lamb retreated. As they did, the report said, Mr. Pope grabbed his gun and aimed at the officers. That's when all three of them shot at him.

        Hamilton County Prosecutor Mike Allen previously determined the officers committed no criminal activity. The police division's homicide unit then closed its investigation.

        The officers' actions complied with police division procedures, the internal investigator found.

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