A former Beaver County police officer was sentenced to five years of probation after pleading guilty to involuntary manslaughter in the death of a bystander at a shooting scene. Just as trial testimony was set to start Tuesday,

John J. Hawk, 38, pleaded guilty to involuntary manslaughter and related offenses for the assault of Kenneth Vinyard in 2022, who later died.

Pennsylvania's attorney general says Kenneth Vinyard "was not a threat to anyone at the scene of this shooting" when the off-duty officer performed a leg sweep that knocked him to the ground.