HOUSTON (AP) — A Texas police officer was acquitted Tuesday of an assault charge related to the 2019 fatal shooting of Pamela Turner, a woman with a history of mental illness, after the two struggled over his stun gun.
Investigators say Pamela Turner, a Black woman, was unarmed when Baytown PD officer Juan Delacruz tried to tase and arrest her for outstanding warrants. Turner instead stole his taser and Delacruz shot her, killing her.