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Man who killed HPD officer to be released from state psychiatric hospital FacebookTwitterEmail 2 1of2Hung Dasian Truong was acquitted in 2010 after being accused of running down two police officers, killing one.Julio Cortez/StaffShow MoreShow Less 2of2 Hung Dasian Truong, center, is seen leaving with his laywer Skip Cornelius, right, from the 339th District Court after an appearance in court on Tuesday, July 1, 2008, in Houston. Authorities charged manslaughter against the 24-year-old accused of running down two Houston police officers killing one and injuring the other. Truong, who police say was speeding and possibly intoxicated, originally was charged with criminally negligent homicide Sunday night in the death of veteran Officer Gary Gryder. ( Julio Cortez / Chronicle )Julio Cortez, Staff / Houston ChronicleShow MoreShow Less ....
Man who killed Houston police officer being released from jail Man convicted of killing Houston police officer being released A man who was convicted of killing a Houston police officer and injuring another is being released. FOX 26 s Tiffany Justice has more. HOUSTON - On Thursday, Criminal Court Judge Kent Ellis signed off on the release of Hung Truong, who was charged in the death of Officer Gary Gryder back in 2008. I can almost guarantee we’ll see his name again somewhere, said Douglas Griffith with the Houston Police Officers Union. If he doesn’t take his medication and he starts hearing those voices again, we’ll be back in the same scenario sadly with another victim. ....
HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) The man accused of killing a Houston Police officer more than 10 years ago was released from a state psychiatric hospital Wednesday, according to the Houston Police Officers Union. Hung Truong, 35, reported hearing voices and allegedly crashed his car into Officer Gary Gryder, then 47, and his partner, Fred Pyland, while they worked on a construction road block in Katy in 2008. Gryder was killed in the crash while Pyland suffered a broken leg. Truong was found not guilty by reason of insanity in 2009 and was sent to Rusk State Hospital in Rusk, Texas. It is hard to believe, but today the courts have decided to release Hung Truong from Rusk State Hospital. For those who do not remember, Truong killed Houston Police Officer Gary Gryder and seriously injured Houston Police Officer F.J. Pyland, the police union statement read, in part. ....