By Sky News US Team
A New York City district attorney has announced he will convene a grand jury to consider charges against a rookie cop who fatally shot a black man.
The news came just hours before a memorial service for Akai Gurley, 28, who died on 20 November after he was shot once in the chest.
Probationary Officer Peter Liang's gun fired accidentally on the dimly lit stairwell of a housing project, police officials have said.
It is the latest case in a debate about policing, racial profiling and criminal justice, which has spawned a third night of nationwide protests.
Announcing the grand jury plan, Brooklyn District Attorney Ken Thompson said in a statement: "It is important to get to the bottom of what happened."
He added: "I pledge to conduct a full and fair investigation and to give the grand jury all of the information necessary to do its job."
The prosecutor, who is black, said there was no timeline for the jurors to be impanelled.
The New York Daily News reported on Friday that the officer involved texted his union representative as Mr Gurley lay dying.
After Officer Liang discharged the bullet that struck Mr Gurley, he and partner Shaun Landau did not respond to radio contact for more than six and a half minutes, according to the newspaper.
A neighbour phoned for the ambulance that took Mr Gurley to hospital, where he was declared dead on arrival, reports the Daily News.
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Gallery: Chokehold Protesters On March Across US
An NYPD policeman stands next to protesters on a second night of nationwide demonstrations over the death of a black man and the clearing of a white cop who restrained him in an alleged chokehold
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