Texas police officer charged in fatal shooting of Jonathan Price had been in job six months

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A white police officer charged with murder in the death of a Black man at a gas station in Texas had been a police officer for less than 6 months at the time of the shooting, according to records from the Texas Commission on Law Enforcement.

at a gas station in Texas had been a police officer for less than six months at the time of the shooting.

Wolfe City has a population of about 1,400 and is roughly 70 miles northeast of Dallas. Its police department has six officers, all white and 22 to 40 years old.Lucas had responded to a call on Saturday about a fight at a Kwik Chek gas station on Santa Fe Street, the Texas Rangers said in a statement late Monday.to Lee Merritt, a lawyer for Price's family. Merritt said Price was unarmed.

Robert Rogers, an attorney representing Lucas, said the officer fired"in accordance with Texas law" after Price tried to take his Taser away. In a statement Tuesday, Rogers said Price"did not claim to be an uninvolved, innocent party" when Lucas arrived at the scene, as Merritt has implied. After the shooting, city officials would only confirm that an officer had been involved and that the officer been placed on administrative leave. The city didn't mention Price, identify the officer or say where the shooting occurred.

 

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