In a recent written opinion, a federal judge sided with the family of a Killeen man who died during a no-knock in 2019, saying that the officers who fired shots should not be able to use âqualified immunityâ to be shielded from liability.
The officers objected to the judgeâs report, saying they should not be held liable for a claim of excessive force because it has not been revealed whose bullet actually struck and killed James âScottieâ Reed.
Reed, 40, was killed on Feb. 27, 2019 during a no-knock SWAT raid at his house at 215 W. Hallmark Ave.
The family alleges that multiple officers fired shots into the house and that Reed was armed but did not fire his handgun.
Workers selling insurance for Texas Farm Bureau and its affiliated insurance companies should be considered employees, a federal magistrate judge said, recommending that the district judge grant summary judgment in favor of the workers on their claim that the companies misclassified them as independent contractors.
A Killeen woman facing federal charges related to the homicide of a Fort Hood soldier is asking a federal judge to throw out the three-count indictment against her.
Cecily Aguilar, 22, has been held without bond in the McLennan County Jail since her arrest in July of 2020.
Aguilar is accused of helping her boyfriend dispose of Vanessa Guillenâs body after he had killed her with a hammer on April 22, 2020, according to a criminal complaint.
Aguilar has pleaded not guilty to one count of conspiracy to tamper with evidence and two substantive counts of tampering with evidence. If convicted, she faces up to 20 years in federal prison for each count, according to the U.S. Attorneyâs Office, Western District of Texas.
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