Man who fatally shot Dallas police officer at Home Depot in 2018 is sentenced to life without parole
Until learning that Armando Juarez has an intellectual disability, the Dallas County DA’s office had planned to seek the death penalty.
Armando Juarez enters the court Friday, Jan. 15, 2021, to plead guilty in the slaying of Dallas police Officer Rogelio Santander.(Lola Gomez / Staff Photographer)
Armando Juarez, who shot and killed Dallas police Officer Rogelio Santander Jr. in April 2018, pleaded guilty Friday to capital murder and was sentenced to life without parole.
Juarez fatally shot Santander and wounded his fellow Officer Crystal Almeida and security guard Scott Painter at the Home Depot store near Forest Lane and North Central Expressway on April 24, 2018.