<p>GULFPORT, Miss. — A grand jury has cleared a Mississippi police officer who fatally shot a Georgia man outside a home last year.</p>
<p>Grand jurors did not find evidence of criminal conduct by the Gulfport officer who shot 53-year-old Leonard Parker Jr., of Covington, Georgia, on Feb. 1, 2020, <a href="https://www.wlox.com/2021/04/05/grand-jury-clears-officer-fatal-gulfport-shooting/">WLOX-TV reported.</a></p>
<p>The officer was walking toward a house from which police had received multiple 911 phone calls when Parker started driving toward him, authorities said. That prompted the officer to fire his weapon, killing Parker, police said.</p>
<p>The investigation was handled by the Mississippi Bureau of Investigations and the Biloxi Police Department.</p>
