AUSTIN, Texas (AP) A U.S. Army sergeant was sentenced to 25 years in prison this morning for fatally shooting an armed man during a Black Lives Matter prote
United States Army Sergeant Daniel Perry was sentenced to 25 years in prison on Wednesday for the fatal shooting 28-year-old Air Force veteran Garrett Foster in 2020.
A U.S. Army sergeant has been sentenced to 25 years in prison for fatally shooting an armed protester during a Black Lives Matter demonstration in Texas in July 2020. Daniel Perry's attorney said after the sentencing Wednesday that his client will appeal and cooperate with efforts by Republican Gov. Greg Abbott to issue a pardon. Abbot has said he wants to pardon Perry, who was convicted of murder in April. Perry argued that he shot and killed Garrett Foster in self-defense. The Texas Board of Pardon and Parole is already reviewing Perry’s conviction on Abbott’s orders.