Norfolk District Attorney Michael Morrissey issued a brief statement Thursday to WBZ-TV, his first comment since the verdict in the high-profile Karen Read trial.Nearly 24 hours after a jury of 12 men and women acquitted Read of murder and other charges related to the death of Boston police officer John O'Keefe,

Morrissey's brief statement came after repeated requests for comment on Read's murder and manslaughter acquittals.

Prosecutors argued that Read hit O’Keefe with her SUV, leaving him to die in a blizzard, and charged her with second-degree murder, manslaughter, and leaving the scene of a deadly collision.