A jury has begun deliberations on whether a former police officer who fatally shot a shoplifting suspect last year after a foot chase outside a busy northern Virginia shopping mall should be convicted of involuntary manslaughter.

The jury spent 11 hours deliberating in the case against Wesley Shifflett, who they ultimately convicted of a lesser crime in the death of Timothy Johnson.

Former Sgt. Wesley Shifflett was charged with involuntary manslaughter and reckless handling of a weapon for killing unarmed 37-year-old Timothy Johnson.