Ex-Texas police officer acquitted of murder in fatal shooting of man at gas station
A white former police officer charged in the fatal shooting of a Black man at a Texas gas station two years ago was acquitted of murder Thursday, the officer’s
A white former police officer charged in the fatal shooting of a Black man at a Texas gas station two years ago was acquitted of murder Thursday, the officer’s lawyer said.
Robert L. Rogers, a lawyer for Shaun Lucas, 24, said he was relieved the jury “was able to follow the law and put themselves in my client’s shoes” when he fatally shot Jonathan Price on Oct. 3, 2020, at a gas station in Wolfe City.
One of Price’s sisters, Sabrina Price, wept after the verdict was announced Thursday afternoon, NBC Dallas-Fort Worth reported.
Jonathan Price.via Facebook“There was not one person that looked like me,” said Sabrina Price, who is Black, referring to the jury, according to the station.
At the time of the shooting, Lucas was one of six white police officers in the small city northeast of Dallas, state records show.
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