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Kansas undersheriff faces trial in fatal beanbag shooting

Barber County undersheriff Virgil Brewer listens during jury selection for his manslaughter trial Monday, Oct. 24, 2022, in Kansas City, Kan. Brewer is on trial for fatally shooting an unarmed man with a homemade beanbag round out of his personal shotgun in 2017. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel) Barber County undersheriff Virgil Brewer listens during jury selection for his manslaughter trial Monday, Oct. 24, 2022, in Kansas City, Kan. Brewer is on trial for fatally shooting an unarmed man with a homemade beanbag round out of his personal shotgun in 2017. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel) Barber County undersheriff Virgil Brewer waits for the beginning of jury selection for his manslaughter trial Monday, Oct. 24, 2022, in Kansas City, Kan. Brewer is on trial for fatally shooting an unarmed man with a homemade beanbag round out of his personal shotgun in 2017. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel) Barber County undersheriff Virgil , right, waits with his attorney David Harger for the start of jury selection for his manslaughter trial Monday, Oct. 24, 2022, in Kansas City, Kan. Brewer is on trial for fatally shooting an unarmed man with a homemade beanbag round out of his personal shotgun in 2017. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel) Barber County undersheriff Virgil Brewer listens during jury selection for his manslaughter trial Monday, Oct. 24, 2022, in Kansas City, Kan. Brewer is on trial for fatally shooting an unarmed man with a homemade beanbag round out of his personal shotgun in 2017. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel) Barber County undersheriff Virgil Brewer listens to his attorney David Harger, right, before jury selection for his manslaughter trial Monday, Oct. 24, 2022, in Kansas City, Kan. Brewer is on trial for fatally shooting an unarmed man with a homemade beanbag round out of his personal shotgun in 2017. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel) This Sept. 5, 2018, booking photo released by the Kansas Bureau of Investigation shows Virgil "Dusty" Brewer. Brewer, the undersheriff in Barber County, Kan., faces a manslaughter trial Monday, Oct. 24, 2022, for fatally shooting an unarmed man with a homemade beanbag round out of his personal shotgun, a case that comes amid a national reckoning on police violence. (Kansas Bureau of Investigation via AP) This Sept. 5, 2018, booking photo released by the Kansas Bureau of Investigation shows Virgil "Dusty" Brewer. Brewer, the undersheriff in Barber County, Kan., faces a manslaughter trial Monday, Oct. 24, 2022, for fatally shooting an unarmed man with a homemade beanbag round out of his personal shotgun, a case that comes amid a national reckoning on police violence. (Kansas Bureau of Investigation via AP)