Texas officer charged with criminally negligent homicide in traffic stop shooting death of O'Shae Terry.
The indictment marks a rare criminal prosecution of a police officer in the historically conservative North Texas county. It could draw greater attention to a case that was largely overshadowed by another in the same month in which a white Dallas police officerTran shot Terry on Sept. 1 after another officer pulled the Forest Hill resident over on a registration violation.
Lee Merritt, an attorney for Terry's estate, said the indictment was"a huge relief" for his family but also less than they had hoped for."We are certainly happy that there will be a chance for some form of justice in this case," Merritt told The Associated Press."But if anyone else had done this it would have been murder."
Criminally negligent homicide is a felony and a conviction can lead to a sentence of 180 days to two years in state jail. Tran was placed on restricted duty following the shooting. He was put on leave Wednesday until the administrative investigation into the incident is finished in the coming weeks, said Arlington Lt. Christopher Cook.
Tran's attorney, Randall Moore, did not immediately respond to a request for comment. Moore has maintained that his client's actions were legal and taken to protect the public.
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