Texas officer charged with assault in fatal shooting of Pamela Turner in 2019
A grand jury in Texas indicted a police officer Monday in a fatal shooting of a Black woman after a struggle outside the apartment complex where they both lived in May 2019.
Baytown Officer Juan Delacruz was charged with aggravated assault by a public servant more than a year after he shot Pamela Turner, 44, during an altercation over the officer's stun gun. Delacruz will be given a chance to turn himself in and could face up to five years in prison if convicted, according to prosecutors.
Harris County District Attorney Kim Ogg called Turner’s death a tragedy. “It is important to acknowledge that her family and the community are in pain,” Ogg said in a statement.
Delacruz was patrolling the complex, located about 25 miles east of Houston, and tried to arrest Turner because they'd had "prior dealings" and he knew she had outstanding warrants, Lt. Steve Dorris told in reporters in 2019. Court records showed three outstanding misdemeanor warrants against Turner at the time.
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Just assault? Not murder or man slaughter.