Security guard who killed church shooter will not be indicted

[MillCreek]

https://www.npr.org/2020/09/29/918185532/grand-jury-declines-to-indict-church-security-guard-who-killed-gunman-in-texas?utm_term=nprnews&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=npr&utm_source=facebook.com&fbclid=IwAR09M5gBKpEkSDVYTTNE_K2Hf9yzylu4ybWZfd2XRmZ64w1FfLccTH7x2tA&fbclid=IwAR1YNFuzfMehRsMl5cj10MkLiFEBa_83REjSkr_W2AHBszEblE5RY2M8eFA&fbclid=IwAR2iFSNDgm6txHJ7AIENNM8aohpvMKFcysc2COZeOk8bdHrxTzOyFNXfvUY

I could not find a thread in which we discussed this particular church shooting. 

[RoadKingLarry]

IIRC this was the one that the whole thing (or the important parts anyway) was caught on video.

[dogmush]

Does Texas have a law that all shootings need to go before a grand jury?  This seems like the case for a no-bill if ever there was one.

[Ben]

Does Texas have a law that all shootings need to go before a grand jury?  This seems like the case for a no-bill if ever there was one.

That's what I was thinking. That was a pretty cut and dry example of self-defense. If someone could go to jail for what he did, God help us all.

[lee n. field]

Does Texas have a law that all shootings need to go before a grand jury?  This seems like the case for a no-bill if ever there was one.

From what I read elsewhere, yes.

[RoadKingLarry]

Does Texas have a law that all shootings need to go before a grand jury?  This seems like the case for a no-bill if ever there was one.

Standard in Texas, all killings (homicide, justified or not) go before a grand jury.

[Perd Hapley]

Standard in Texas, all killings (homicide, justified or not) go before a grand jury.

I like to think of it as a victory lap for The Hero of White Settlement. 

[MechAg94]

I am wondering why the hell it took so long for this to go before a grand jury.  Did they forget?

[cordex]

I am wondering why the hell it took so long for this to go before a grand jury.  Did they forget?

No, they have a very heavy caseload, don’t meet every day,  and COVID.

[T.O.M.]

A good prosecutor will take any case like this to grand jury and not just throw it out.  Reason is that a no bill handed down by the grand jury is a useful thing for the shooter to have on record if/when a civil suit is filed.  Most suits allege both the intentional tort (wrongful death) as well as a reckless and/or negligent tort.  The no bill is essentially a finding that the shooting was both intentional and justified.   Helps the shooter's attorney with a motion to dismiss the suit.

[RocketMan]

Thanks for that clarification, T.O.M.  I had always suspected that to be the case, so it's nice to have the confirmation.

[230RN]

Thanks, T.O.M.  As I suspected, glad to have confirmation.