CINCINNATI (AP) – The prosecutor in Hamilton County is set to release his decision on whether he will pursue charges against the family of a 3-year-old boy who got into the Cincinnati Zoo’s gorilla exhibit, leading to the fatal shooting of an endangered gorilla.
Hamilton County Prosecutor Joe Deters has scheduled a news conference for Monday.
Legal experts have said that prosecution on child endangerment or similar charges seems unlikely. The family has declined to comment.
The zoo says it was the first such breach in Gorilla World’s 38 years of existence, but the exhibit will reopen Tuesday with a higher, reinforced barrier.